The White House became Fantasyland today as President Trump’s alternative to the United Nations, his much-ballyhooed Board of Peace, held its first meeting. The board, of course, is part of Trump’s 28-point plan to secure peace on the Gaza Strip and then transform the area into a version of the French Riviera (pictured).
So far, the board members have pledged $8 billion for reconstructing the wartorn and devstated peninsula. As the Trump plan envisions, the board will also oversee peace in Gaza with an announced but still-undefined International Stabilization Force.
But a huge hurdle stands in the way of both peace abd reconstruction: Hamas must disarm before the board can take over. As things stand now, Hamas has shown no intention of ever disarming and accepting their free lifetime vacation passes to Qatar.
Also, if those $8 billion ever do materialize, they will hardly make a dent in reimagining and rebuilding Gaza. Change the B in billion to the T in trillion, and you might have enough to do the job.
Trump, who (natch) is chairman of the board, wrote on Truth Social in advance of the gathering this morning: “The Board of Peace will prove to be the most consequential International Body in History.”
The ever-hyperbolic Trump followed up at the meeting by saying, “We will help Gaza … and we will do things like that in other spots.”
As I referenced earlier, Trump indeed plans for his Board of Peace to take over for the United Nations, which is conveniently going bankrupt.
