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Trump announced the establishment of the board — which he touted as “the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place” — on Friday as a key part of his 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas. The committee, chaired by Trump, will oversee the transitional governance of Gaza.

The U.S. embassy in Brussels did not immediately respond to questions about the invitation.

Putin, for his part, has spent the last four years waging a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which has killed thousands of civilians, and demolished towns and cities. Trump also invited Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, was has supported the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, to join the peace board, state media in Minsk reported.

Invitations to join the board were also addressed to countries including Argentina, Egypt, Albania, India and Turkey, among others. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also received an invitation, as have Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Those who want a permanent membership beyond the three-year term will have to cough up $1 billion, Bloomberg first reported. Canada will join but won’t pay for the permanent seat, Carney said.

So far, the leaders of Hungary, Kazakhstan and Vietnam have accepted the invitation.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Just imagine both Putin and Zelensky is the state board of ish

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[–] fizzle@quokk.au 4 points 9 hours ago

The only word to describe this is "sickening".

"Peace" in this case is just a sick joke. A euphemism for greed. A thirst that can only be quenched by the suffering of the innocent.

[–] atropa@piefed.social 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 23 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place”

That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard. Like shockingly fucking dumb. It's so fucking dumb it leaves you speechless and instead of anybody just telling him "Hey, that's the dumbest fucking thing" they've ever heard, people are just going along with it like the stupid committees he comes up with don't really matter since he's only class President not the POTUS.

Somebody should really throw a subway sandwich filled with raw onions, anchovies, and mustard at that fucking turd along with every turd on his fucking turd board. If for no other reason than to just slightly improve the odor that must fill any room when you jam pack it fill of so many rank pieces of shit.

That's the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard.

Today. You meant today.

But don't worry., he has 24h to come up with the new dumbest fucking thing you've ever heard. And he will. He always does.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's literal dictator shit. Remember the Sacha Baron Cohen movie, aptly named, the Dictator? I think Trump may be using it as a reference or a manual...

Fucking wannabee Allison Burger bitch boy.

When he first started sniffing around Venezuela a few months ago there was seriously an article about CIA intervention being necessary to defend democracy because of "questionable" election results...🤡

"He's not the legitimate leader!"

[–] homes@piefed.world 6 points 14 hours ago

He’s a peace prize winner now! Therefore, he gets to decide what constitutes “peace“.

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Why bother. Putin isn’t going to be able to come up with the participation fee. That is unless Putin can pay in oil.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 hours ago

He gets a friend discount.

Trump said he checked the rules and he can do that.