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dalton99a

(92,843 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:24 PM 8 hrs ago

The new laundromat is open: Trump aims to hold the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month

https://apnews.com/article/board-peace-trump-gaza-united-nations-a7d28cbbd3b163457064d056e65ed9b5

Trump aims to hold the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month
By MATTHEW LEE
Updated 11:02 AM CST, February 7, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to convene the first meeting of his Board of Peace this month in Washington to raise money for the reconstruction of Gaza.

The meeting, proposed for Feb. 19, would include both world leaders who accepted Trump’s invitation in January to join the board as well as members of an executive committee for Gaza that will oversee the specifics of the territory’s governance, security and redevelopment, two Trump administration officials said Saturday.

It was not immediately clear how many leaders would accept the Republican president’s invitation, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meeting has not yet been formally announced and details of its agenda were still being determined.

A copy of the invitation that was sent late Friday to invited participants and obtained by The Associated Press, says the meeting will be held at the U.S. Institute of Peace, now known as the Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace, pending an ongoing legal battle with the former leadership of the nonprofit think tank. The administration seized the facility last year and fired almost all the institute’s staff.

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The new laundromat is open: Trump aims to hold the first meeting of his new Board of Peace in Washington this month (Original Post) dalton99a 8 hrs ago OP
I guess the wire transfers went through... Hugin 7 hrs ago #1
Bored of Peas? C_U_L8R 7 hrs ago #2
He will whine about how the 2020 election was stolen and how America was dead but now the hottest ever, and he will Doodley 7 hrs ago #3
Just another distraction tactic Greywing 7 hrs ago #4
I will pay for front row seats... NCDem47 7 hrs ago #5

Doodley

(11,779 posts)
3. He will whine about how the 2020 election was stolen and how America was dead but now the hottest ever, and he will
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:35 PM
7 hrs ago

publicly insult at least one of his guests and denigrate our closes allies who have nothing to do with this sham.

Greywing

(1,161 posts)
4. Just another distraction tactic
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:46 PM
7 hrs ago

Demands for full release of Epstein files not going away, Fulton County seizure not going away, ICE atrocities not going away, He loves to hear himself talk … Media should not broadcast live or better yet tell people what this scam is.

NCDem47

(3,356 posts)
5. I will pay for front row seats...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:50 PM
7 hrs ago

When a Dem President is sworn in in Jan 2029 and they SHUT...THIS...SHIT...DOOOOOOOOWN.

Sorry suckers. What you paid into means jack to the next admin and America.

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