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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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-a7d28cbbd3b163457064d056e65ed9b5Trump 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 Trumps invitation in January to join the board as well as members of an executive committee for Gaza that will oversee the specifics of the territorys governance, security and redevelopment, two Trump administration officials said Saturday.
It was not immediately clear how many leaders would accept the Republican presidents 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 institutes 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
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Hugin
(37,616 posts)1. I guess the wire transfers went through...
Yet, another tip jar.
C_U_L8R
(49,117 posts)2. Bored of Peas?
No worries, there wont be a vegetable in sight. Just hamberders and jumbo sized shakes.
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
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
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...
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.
