Only around 20 countries have signed up to join Trump's "Board of Peace,"

[Swede]

Only around 20 countries have signed up to join Trump’s “Board of Peace,” and the list does not include any of the U.S.'s key European allies.

Only around 20 countries have signed up to join Trump’s “Board of Peace,” and the list does not include any of the U.S.'s key European allies.

— Forbes (@forbes.com) 2026-01-23T07:55:04Z

[kerouac2]

1. Like a brat with a new tree house

Wah wah wah Canada make fun of me, they not invited to tree house anymore wah wah.

It's like we're living in a Twilight zone show with a 7 year old in an adult body.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Apparently it costs a billion dollars

to get off Trump’s shithole country list.

Trump proves again that Treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors can turn a pretty good profit

[Lovie777]

3. Canada wasn't going to join..............

and secondly, shithole and comrades will shake the countries down for everything they can offer.

[Easterncedar]

4. Where's the 20 billion?

God, we have become a country run by thieves, murderers, violent thugs and extortionists. In plain view.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Qatar

Seems like a nice place for avoiding scrutiny that’s growing in popularity.

[spanone]

5. Why would any country sign up for that shit?

[JohnnyRingo]

10. For the same reason Tony Soprano would send his nephew to an appliance store

"It's a nice store you have here."
"The boss wants to make sure you're safe and no one will drive by and shoot it up, but it'll cost you a monthly security charge."

[Norrrm]

6. Only certain favored countries can join. It's not a board. It's a clique.

[Kid Berwyn]

8. A real "Where's Where?"

The White House told NewsNation’s Libbey Dean the following countries have signed on:

Bahrain
Morocco
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Egypt
Hungary
Indonesia
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Mongolia
Pakistan
Paraguay
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
US

Source: https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/which-countries-signed-on-board-of-peace/

[Hugin]

12. It's like the kiddie table of the UN...

I thought I had heard Belarus was on the list. I guess they didn’t have the ante.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Is Lukashenko wanted by Interpol?

If anybody would know, Lukashenko knows if Belarus has any money.

[Mossfern]

13. Interesting that Israel isn't on that list

Did he and Bibi have a falling out?

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Must be a conflict of interest.

Trump is pushing a pardon for Bibi.

[Mossfern]

17. The old Mossfern would have said "Not a chance of a pardon."

But apparently I was the one living in an alternate universe.

[Kid Berwyn]

18. The Timecones overlapped.

A most awful creature emerged.

Donald Trump winks at Vladimir Putin during a diplomatic reception in 2018:



Donald John Trump is a superweapon of monstrous proportions.

Putin worked to install Trump -- and discussed in secret, private one-on-one conversations over the past decade -- for reasons that are now all too clear:

1.) to facilitate money laundering and looting of Russia's national wealth for his and his fellow plutocrats and oligarchs, and

2.) to divide the United States and sow chaos, stir real and imagined hatreds over "race," civil rights and equal rights in order to ferment domestic unrest and eventual civil war, and

3.) to destroy the NATO alliance in order to facilitate the reconquest of the Warsaw Pact nations' territories and the general overthrow of European democracy now and global democracy later.

Perhaps Bari Weiss or some other distinguished intellect from CIABCNNBCBSFauxnoyz can find time to file a report from Davos on the success of Putin's secret weapon, that is if they're not too busy bending elbows with the world's plutocrats and oligarchs.

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE

French President Emmanuel Macron Hosts A Lunch For The commemoration Of The 100th Anniversary Of The End Of The First World War

PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 11: In this handout photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA), US President Donald Trump sits opposite Russian President Vladimir Putin during lunch at the Elysee Palace during the occasion of the commemoration ceremony of the 100th anniversary since the end of The First World War on November 11, 2018 in Paris, France. Heads of State from around the world gather in Paris to commemorate the end of the First World War (WWI). The armistice ending the First World War between the Allies and Germany was signed at Compiègne, France on eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month - 11am on the 11th November 1918. (Photo by Guido Bergmann/Bundesregierung via Getty Images)

Source: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/putin-wink

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[JohnnyRingo]

9. "Only"?

I'm disappointed that 20 countries handed over a billion dollars in protection money. WTF?
Can no one stand up to this heathen?

[newdeal2]

16. I don't think they paid

It's sort of like Netflix - you get a 1 year trial and then have to fork up a billion dollars.

[GreenWave]

11. Bored of Piece? Tired of hegemony claiming your area?