Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for ending other conflicts, but those claims don’t hold water.

United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer.White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

December 11, 2025

LONDON, U.K.— It’s so sad. That poor, kindly man on the phone at all hours of the day and night, 79 years old and still trying to do good and bring peace and that, but as soon as he hangs up they’re right back at war again. First it was Africa in June, when Rwanda and ...

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