U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that his Peace Board will practically “supervise” the United Nations (UN) in the future to ensure its proper functioning and assured that “they need help”.
“Someday I won’t be here. The United Nations will be, I believe, much stronger. The Peace Board will practically supervise the United Nations and make sure that it functions well,” the president assured during his speech at the first meeting of his entity, seen by some analysts as an alternative to the multilateralism of the UN system.
The Republican insisted that his Board will be in charge of strengthening the UN, which in his opinion has “tremendous potential”.
“We will make sure their facilities are good. They need help, and they need financial help. We are going to help them financially and we will make sure the UN is viable,” he added.
At the beginning of his speech, Trump pointed out that, since the founding meeting of his entity in Davos, Switzerland, they are working very closely with the United Nations, and showed his intention to talk with the Secretary General of the organization, António Guterres, when the meeting concludes.
The president reiterated his criticism of the UN, considering that it should have been more involved in conflict resolution than it has been so far.
Trump and his views on the UN
“They haven’t lived up to the eight wars. I didn’t even talk to them about one of them, and I should be talking to him about all of them,” he said.
Regarding his intention to strengthen the United Nations, he considered that “very good people who can do a good job” are part of the organization.
Most of the founding members of the Peace Board are allies of Trump, while the major powers and almost all European countries have been reluctant to join as they see the Board as weakening the UN.
Trump insisted that most countries invited to join the body “have accepted, and those that have not, will.”
“Some people are getting too smart. It doesn’t work. You can’t get smart with me. They’re playing a little bit, but everybody, everybody is joining: most of them very fast,” he said in reference to the reluctance of some nations to participate in the U.S.-driven body.
Last January, Guterres stated that the Board is, for now, “amorphous,” and that he supports it “strictly” for its work in the Gaza Strip.
The first meeting of the Peace Council held on Thursday in Washington was attended by leaders and representatives from more than 40 countries, reported Agencia EFE, including the presidents of Argentina, Javier Milei, and Paraguay, Santiago Peña, and the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán.
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