fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days agoDonald Trump: the difference between making a deal and making peace | Peter Beaumont
Trump has claimed a number of dubious diplomatic successes on the international peace front, among them a freshly signed deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mediating in Thailand and Cambodia's deadly border dispute, and the Gaza ceasefire. In the space of a few hours on Monday, however, those claims were thrown under a harsh spotlight even as Trump and his officials continued to try to pressure Ukraine into rewarding Russia for an illegal international aggression by surrendering its sovereign territory.
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