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.

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[–] 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is a board of corruption and has nothing to do with peace.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago*

    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."

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  • [–] 74 points 9 months ago (16 children)

    Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo are European contries

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    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..

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  • [+] -19 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    There are several definitions for continent. Some go by tectonic plates, some land masses, etc. as many as seven or as few as four.

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  • [+] -9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    What is the definition required for Europe and Asia to be separate continents?

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    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

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    This really sounds like a knockoff of Legion of Doom.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    So all these countries forked over 1 billion USD?

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    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/

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    Board of Shithole countries.

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    [–] 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Don't give this distraction any oxygen.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Soon to be "previously banned."

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Many west aligned asian, african, and latin countries are missing too

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Anyone know what happened with Australia?

    I assume we just plain were not invited because we're unimportant, which is fine.

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