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The absurdity of our times may best be summed up in the Trump regime’s brand new oxymoronic “Board of Peace.” Established by Trump on January 15, 2026, the board was initially conceived to coordinate the “rebuilding” of Gaza following Israel’s genocide and complete destruction of all infrastructure and most of its buildings and landmarks.
The founding executive members of this farcical board include U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who is one of the biggest cheerleaders for the invasion and kidnapping of Venezuelan president Maduro, real estate vulture and son-in-law to the president, Jared Kushner, and former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is best known for his war crimes in Iraq.
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump, who possesses an ego with no bounds, appointed himself Chairman for Life. Permanent membership on the board requires an investment of 1 billion US dollars, to be paid in full in the first year.
While leaders in some 60 countries were invited, some have done so only symbolically or with caution. Others, like Russia’s Putin and Hungary’s Orban were eager to join.
But France’s Emmanuel Macron, rejected the offer outright, as it is widely seen as an attempt to subvert the United Nations. Trump, again unsurprisingly, has threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne in an effort to pressure the French president into joining.
To say that the times we are living in are absurd is an obvious understatement. But at the root of this absurdity is a perverse inversion of truth. A “Board of Peace” created by a megalomaniac obsessed with imperial ambitions is the ultimate example of grift on a global scale.
As Palestinians suffer under an ongoing project of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocide, perpetrated by Israel and fueled by the United States and other Western countries, its future is being determined by a pack of jackals, salivating over the carcass of Gazan society.
But this “board” won’t stop at Gaza. The nascent consortium, which will include some of the world’s most notorious swindlers, despots and gangster capitalists, see this as the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to carve up the world as they see fit. Filling their coffers under a noble, yet fetid, cloak of peace.
Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, an award already stained with blood and rendered meaningless when it was given to Henry Kissinger. He has been obsessed with it for years. His “Board of Peace” is a pathetic attempt to exert dominance over the world under the guise of diplomatic cooperation. But, like every other venture and policy he has implemented, this one will be another con job.
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