Nearly half of countries on Trump’s Board of Peace banned from entering US
The Board of Peace is expected to try and mediate global conflict and has been accused of trying to replace the UN
Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” has faced fresh ridicule after it emerged that nearly half of the countries on it are banned from entering the US under his travel ban.
Trump unveiled his alternative to the United Nations with great ceremony on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
He welcomed representatives from several countries on to the stage and said he was “friends” with all of them. They included Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan.
Notably absent from the address were any European countries amid reports that Vladimir Putin had been invited to join.
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Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo are European contries
I was going to wince at a US publication not doing European geography, but no, it's actually the British The Independent, of all places.
Honestly embarassing levels of arrogance in that oversight
Arguably Turkey as well, albeit sitting on two continents. This hurts. Erdoğan is a stupid shithead but I don't want anyone - not even him - to play Nazimurica's little bitch. And the people of Turkey do not deserve this. Atatürk would turn in his grave..
Ataturk was wise enough to create a strong, secular nation.
Erdogan embraced religion as part of public life.
Europe and Asia are not separate continents.
A continent is a continuous piece of land. Those are only considered separate because certain folks don’t want to mingle.
There are several definitions for continent. Some go by tectonic plates, some land masses, etc. as many as seven or as few as four.
What is the definition required for Europe and Asia to be separate continents?
You’re discounting logic because a land mass that does not have opinions does not hold that opinion? I did not know that you base all your opinions on a person whatever the singular opinion of a person named China and/or Japan.
The Ural Mountain Range
So how many continents are there? What are they?
A quite impenetrable mountain range from coast to coast is probably what contributed to the distinction historically.
Usually political definitions.
A continent is a relatively arbitrary cultural and historical definition, which even varies from region to region.
How do these people feel about paying big chunk of their GDP (10% in Kosovo's example) to appease a foreign king? Crazy.
They're using the free trial, will leave after some grifting
If we’re being pedantic…Eastern Europe isn’t Europe proper. If we’re stretching “Europe” to mean the EU, Kosovo isn’t in the EU.
This is a board of corruption and has nothing to do with peace.
It's an extortion scheme: "Nice country you got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it. We can make sure it stays nice with a $1 billion dollar annual payment made out to Donald Trump. I'll see it gets to the right place."
Its just vile.
They're greedy corrupt assholes picking over the corpses of the fallen.
Axis of Evil 2026
Good to see all the players step up for roll call. Now we officially know who you all are.
They need to stop calling it a UN alternative. It's literally just a Trump Appreciation Club. It's all about appeasing his ego, as made clear by his temper tantrums against anyone who doesn't want to join
They apparently uninvited Canada after our primi minister's speech. Honestly, an uninvitation is like the greatest honour we can receive from that guy.
This really sounds like a knockoff of Legion of Doom.
Dollar Tree version.
So all these countries forked over 1 billion USD?
No. The first 3 years will be free, if you want to be a member for longer you have to pay then
Don't give this distraction any oxygen.
This is so fucking stupid at this point.
The implementation of project 2025 is not a distraction. It’s the entire goddam plan.
Pretend that I posted a picture of the Skeksis council from the Dark Crystal. For the last few days, Lemmy hasn't been able to handle the posting of pictures. That really puts a crimp in memery.
Where possible I try to embed photos that are hosted elsewhere online, rather than waste space on a copy on Lemmy servers. This one is lifted off https://ictnews.org/lifestyle/the-dark-crystal-age-of-resistance-an-enchanting-journey-following-seven-clans-of-gelfling/
My thanks. It is incredible how fiction reflects reality.
Soon to be "previously banned."
No, he doesn’t want them. He only wants what they can give to him.
Board of Shithole countries.
Note that this does not imply that the people in Gaza are Palestinian.
Many west aligned asian, african, and latin countries are missing too
Anyone know what happened with Australia?
I assume we just plain were not invited because we're unimportant, which is fine.
Australians don't have a problem telling some skag to Fuck Off.
While that may be true, it's not how international diplomacy works. We're pretty far up Trump's ass, partnered with AUKUS and the rare earth deal. I imagine Albo wouldn't want to be involved but he can't just tell Trump to fuck off.