Plenty of seats left on the peace board party bus – a clarification
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We all know Grabby’s Board of Peace has two goals: Fluff his ego and line his pockets, both drives being equally important. I don’t know if anyone has forked over $1 billion for a lifetime membership, but the ego fluffing part is not going well.
President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Board of Peace to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that “everyone wants to be a part” of the body he said could eventually rival the United Nations — despite many U.S. allies opting not to participate.
Nathan Fielder out on the town with friends.
In a speech at the World Economic Forum, Trump sought to create momentum for a project to map out a future of the war-torn Gaza Strip that has been overshadowed this week, first by his threats to seize Greenland, then by a dramatic retreat from that push.
Does threatening to seize an autonomous territory make people want to jump on your peace board? Probably not. I suspect threatening France with a 200% tariff on wine when Marcon said “Non,” didn’t help either.
Trump tried not to let those not participating ruin his unveiling party, saying 59 countries had signed onto the board — even though heads of state, top diplomats and other officials from only 19 countries plus the U.S. actually attended the event. He told the group, ranging from Azerbaijan to Paraguay to Hungary, “You’re the most powerful people in the world.
The other 39 countries are just out of frame, laughing too.
Countries that were invited but haven’t joined have expressed four main objections:
- Joining would require ratification. They
- Putin has been invited. He hasn’t accepted but is dropping hints about needing Russia’s assets defrosted so he can give $1 billion.
- Potential conflict with the UN, especially since big mouth said he wants what Le Monde called the “Trump League of Nations” to replace it.
- No one is sure what they’re agreeing too because those details are at the framework of an outline of a plan stage.
Unspoken but taken as read: Membership requires association with the elderly and increasingly irascible troll who would be chairman-for-life.
Wikipedia has lists and a map of nations that have been invited and nations that have accepted. You will not be shocked to see where most of the countries that didn’t get an invite are located.
Clarification: The $1 billion is not mandatory to join. It supposedly buys a permanent seat on the party bus, rather than the 3-year term for a free membership.
