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.
41 Comments
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de · 82 pts · 215d
Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo are European contries
tal@lemmy.today · 42 pts · 215d
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.
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 215d
Honestly embarassing levels of arrogance in that oversight
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 215d
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..
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 28 pts · 215d
Ataturk was wise enough to create a strong, secular nation.
Erdogan embraced religion as part of public life.
rafoix@lemmy.zip · -22 pts · 215d
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.
thejml@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 215d
There are several definitions for continent. Some go by tectonic plates, some land masses, etc. as many as seven or as few as four.
rafoix@lemmy.zip · -10 pts · 215d
What is the definition required for Europe and Asia to be separate continents?
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 215d
rafoix@lemmy.zip · -13 pts · 215d
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.
thejml@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 215d
The Ural Mountain Range
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 215d
So how many continents are there? What are they?
raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 214d
A quite impenetrable mountain range from coast to coast is probably what contributed to the distinction historically.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 215d
Usually political definitions.
Rothe@piefed.social · 12 pts · 215d
A continent is a relatively arbitrary cultural and historical definition, which even varies from region to region.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 215d
How do these people feel about paying big chunk of their GDP (10% in Kosovo's example) to appease a foreign king? Crazy.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 215d
They're using the free trial, will leave after some grifting
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 215d
MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world · -7 pts · 215d
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.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 49 pts · 215d
This is a board of corruption and has nothing to do with peace.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 215d
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."
fizzle@quokk.au · 6 pts · 215d
Its just vile.
They're greedy corrupt assholes picking over the corpses of the fallen.
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 215d
Axis of Evil 2026
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 215d
Good to see all the players step up for roll call. Now we officially know who you all are.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 214d
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
k0e3@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 214d
They apparently uninvited Canada after our primi minister's speech. Honestly, an uninvitation is like the greatest honour we can receive from that guy.
hopesdead@startrek.website · 18 pts · 215d
This really sounds like a knockoff of Legion of Doom.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 215d
Dollar Tree version.
renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 215d
So all these countries forked over 1 billion USD?
GobberingGoblin@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 215d
No. The first 3 years will be free, if you want to be a member for longer you have to pay then
qevlarr@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 215d
Don't give this distraction any oxygen.
athatet@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 214d
This is so fucking stupid at this point.
The implementation of project 2025 is not a distraction. It’s the entire goddam plan.
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 215d
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.
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 215d
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/
SabinStargem@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 215d
My thanks. It is incredible how fiction reflects reality.
i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 215d
Soon to be "previously banned."
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 17 pts · 215d
No, he doesn’t want them. He only wants what they can give to him.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 215d
Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 214d
Board of Shithole countries.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 215d
Note that this does not imply that the people in Gaza are Palestinian.
Batmorous@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 215d
Many west aligned asian, african, and latin countries are missing too
fizzle@quokk.au · 3 pts · 215d
Anyone know what happened with Australia?
I assume we just plain were not invited because we're unimportant, which is fine.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 215d
Australians don't have a problem telling some skag to Fuck Off.
fizzle@quokk.au · 2 pts · 214d
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.