Bored of Peace

The man who modestly “settled eight wars,” “completely and totally obliterated” the Iranian nuclear threat, and brought peace to the Middle East “for the first time in 3,000 years” - all that in less than a year - and then said, “I never get credit, but that’s OK,” now wants to share his gifts with the rest of the world.

- + By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

TRUMP IS seen speaking at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting, last week. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

US President Donald J. Trump convened the first meeting of his Board of Peace at the recently renamed Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace, calling it “the most prestigious board of leaders ever assembled, at any time.” Its members, who must ante up $1 billion each for a permanent seat at his table and a complementary red MAGA cap, “are the greatest world leaders.” In Trumpworld, everything’s for sale, even international diplomacy.

Many countries turned down the generous offer, but only one was apparently disinvited ~ Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t appreciate the US president’s desire to annex his country as the 51st state. In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Carney said Canada feels the United States under Trump is “no longer a reliable partner.”

The American leader is also punishing Canada by threatening to block the opening of the Canadian-financed Gordie Howe International Bridge, set to connect Detroit to Windsor, Ontario. That may be more than just a grudge since the billionaire owner of the competing Ambassador Bridge donated $1 million to a pro-Trump super PAC shortly before Trump’s threats.

One must wonder how Trump can be a global peacemaker when he can’t even get along with our northern neighbor, widely known as the world’s nicest country.

Others rejected Trump’s invitation, including Slovenia - Melania Trump’s birthplace - and Norway, which the president resents because it hasn’t given him the Nobel Peace Prize (which it doesn’t control anyway).