Eight Nations Join Trump's Board of Peace, Britain Declines

Is Trump's Board of Peace a dangerous power grab or a practical alternative to the U.N.'s decades of failure?
Eight Nations Join Trump's Board of Peace, Britain Declines
Above: President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office on Nov.18, 2025. Image credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

The Board of Peace is a necessary correction to international institutions that have failed for decades to resolve conflicts or guarantee security. It grants Trump sustained leadership authority and enforcement power while requiring billion-dollar commitments for permanent seats, creating a results-based structure that replaces hollow multilateral rituals. By looking beyond Gaza and engaging powerful leaders directly, the board seeks to restore stability through leverage rather than norms, where the existing rules-based international order has repeatedly failed.

Anti-Trump narrative

Trump’s so-called Board of Peace marks a dangerous power grab that bypasses established international institutions and concentrates authority in one man’s hands. It grants him indefinite chairmanship with veto power while demanding billion-dollar payments for permanent seats, creating a pay-to-play scheme that undermines the U.N.’s multilateral framework. With no mention of Gaza despite its stated purpose, and invitations extended to war criminals like Netanyahu, Blair and autocrats like Putin, the board risks hollowing out the rules-based international order.

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