WASHINGTON.— This Thursday, during the first meeting of the Peace Board created by him president of the United States, Donald Trumpthe president said that said board will practically “supervise” the United Nations Organization (UN) in the future to ensure its correct operation and assured that “they need help.”
“Someday I won’t be here. The United Nations will be, I think, much stronger. The Peace Board will practically supervise the United Nations and make sure that it works well,” the president said.
The Republican insisted that his Board will be in charge of strengthening the UN, which in his opinion has “tremendous potential.”
“We will make sure that their facilities are good. They need help, and they need financial help. We are going to help them financially and we will make sure that the United Nations is viable,” he added.
Trump seeks to work closely with the UN
At the beginning of his speech, Trump pointed out that, since the founding meeting of his entity in Davos, Switzerland, they have been working very closely with the United Nations, and he showed his intention to talk with the secretary general of the organization, Antonio Guterreswhen the meeting concludes.
The president reiterated his criticism of the UN, considering that it should have been more involved in conflict resolution than it has done so far.
“They haven’t lived up to the eight wars. I didn’t even talk to them about one of them, and I should be talking to him about all of them,” he said.
Regarding his intention to strengthen the United Nations, he considered that “very good people who can do good work” are part of the organization.
Trump allies in the Peace Board
Most of the founders of the Peace Board are allies of Trump, while the great powers and almost all European countries have been reluctant to join, considering that the Board weakens the UN.
Trump insisted that the majority of countries invited to join the organization “have accepted, and those that have not, will do so.”
“Some are being too smart. It doesn’t work. With me you can’t be too smart. They are playing a little, but everyone, everyone is joining in: most of them very quickly,” he said in reference to the reluctance of some nations to participate in the organization promoted by the American.
Last January, Guterres stated that the Board is, for now, “amorphous,” and that he “strictly” supports it for its work in the Gaza Strip.
Representatives from more than 40 countries attend the Peace Board meeting
This Thursday, US President Donald Trump received leaders and representatives from more than 40 countries who arrived in Washington to participate as members and observers in the first meeting of the Peace Board, with the aim of resolving conflicts, starting with that of Gaza.
“I think it is the most important board of directors, certainly in terms of power and prestige. There has never been anything like it, because these are the most important world leaders,” Trump said when opening the meeting.
The presidents of Argentina, Javier Milei, and Paraguay, Santiago Peña, and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, attend the meeting, which is held at the Peace Institute of Washingtonrecently renamed after Donald Trump.
Other participants also include Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Cambodian leaders Hun Manet; and from Vietnam, To Lam, as well as representatives from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Pakistan, Morocco, Kuwait, Jordan, Belarus, Bulgaria and Kosovo.
During his speech, the president asked the representatives of several attending countries – whose conflicts he claims to have put an end to – to stand up to thank them for their work, including Kosovo, Serbia, India, Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand.
“They’re getting along, and when they’re not getting along, call me and we’ll figure it out,” Trump said.
The president is expected to offer more details about the commitment of more than $5 billion that, as he announced days before, the Junta will allocate for humanitarian and reconstruction efforts in devastated Gaza.
The American president arrived at the event accompanied by the vice president, JD Vance; the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and his Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, as well as special envoys Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
“I think we should smile,” Trump said jokingly as they posed for a family photo.
Rubio and Vance are also expected to speak.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be present in the American capital to represent his country and will instead send Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.
Mexico, Romania, Italy and the Czech Republic will participate as observers, as will the European Commissioner for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Suica.
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