Fact check: Trump falsely claims no other president has ever ended a war

Truman has entered the chat.

Lincoln has entered the chat.

I didn’t know the civil war and WW2 were still happening

Trump falsely claims that *he* has ever ended a war.

Can confirm we are still battling the British in the War of 1812. Now entering our 213th year of hostilities.

And the Civil War won’t go away.

And how many “journalists “ will actually push back on this claim?

JFC, Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Russo-Japanese War.

Both Roosevelts ended a war

I guess the American Revolution is still being fought! Now in its 249th year!

Every kid learns in social studies that until Trump was elected, wars generally only ended after they tuckered themselves out on the playground. 

Yeah, he’s one of a kind alright.

He’s certainly the only president to eagerly wage war against the American people.

Aside from taking credit prematurely for “ending the war” in Gaza, Trump constantly claims to have ended six or seven “wars” that weren’t wars at all. Some were merely diplomatic disputes, most of which he was barely involved in mediating while taking full credit for ending these so-called “wars” as their conflicts continue to escalate, as terms have been violated, as deadly fighting has broken out, as borders remain hotly contested and as barriers to any sort of “peace” remain rigidly in place. In some cases, nothing has changed, in others, tensions and hostilities have boiled over.

In every case however, Trump has done nothing to address the underlying, root causes to these conflicts or disputes.

And as much as I am happy to see an exchange of hostages, and even just a temporary pause to hostilities in Gaza, it’s still frustrating knowing that Trump obviously chose to prioritize and rush this process through recently so he could frame the first step of his “peace plan” as a guaranteed end to the conflict during the same week that Nobel Prizes were being announced—and also while crediting himself far more than other leaders and countries like Qatar and Egypt for the major role they played in helping to broker the agreement.

Trump has managed to turn this whole thing into a publicity stunt. Him and his groveling supporters are prematurely gloating as if Trump is solely responsible for “ending” the war and bringing about world peace—making it more about Trump than those who have suffered tragically throughout this conflict while also overlooking any future obligations that we might have to this war ravaged region and its people because this is Trump’s moment, not theirs.

The whole of right wing media is singing Trump’s praises; echoing the administration’s talking points while demanding a trophy for Trump with every other post, article, headline, announcement. That’s what this was predominantly about—Trump’s ego.

The posturing and rashness of it all will just make any long term peace an even more difficult objective to achieve.

And the reality is, even this “phase 1” of Trump’s amorphous peace plan should have happened a long time ago.

You know, before his administration helped fund and co-manage Israel’s militarization of aid and its brutalizing of civilians. Before Israel invaded Gaza city. Before they began displacing northern Gazans. Before this conflict further escalated to the point of collective starvation, genocide, regional war, American military intervention, multiple humanitarian crises, and before much of Gaza had been leveled—enough for Israel’s government to feel assured that Palestinians will have no home to return to; so much devastation that there is nowhere left to bomb and no one left to displace. How does this even remotely resemble “peace?”

The fact is, while Trump and his followers primarily see this as an opportunity to praise their glorious leader, there’s still little to no certainty about a lasting peace.

There’s no certainty about the future of Gaza, about aid, recovery and rebuilding efforts, about Hamas disarming, about what type of authority will govern the region, about Netanyahu and his extremist coalition agreeing to a permanent military withdrawal or any terms of peaceful coexistence. There’s even little certainty about whether this leads to an end to hostilities.

There’s also the issue of the fate of the West Bank and the threat of more internationally condemned settlements.

Many of Trump’s cabinet members are staunch, pro-Israel jingoists who have endorsed the idea of illegally settling the West Bank.

Trump and his supporters are acting as if everything is assured, but there are no assurances. And I’m especially doubtful of any commitment to future peace in the coming weeks after the Nobel Prize committee named a Venezuelan opposition leader as the recipient of the peace prize.

That said, both Trump and Netanyahu have a notorious record for breaking terms. Bibi has violated many ceasefires in the past and has made it abundantly clear that a two state solution and/or any sort of amicable relationship between Israelis and Palestinians is just not viable.

Trump is impulsive and impatient and has a tendency to make reckless threats followed by brash interventionism or hasty, half baked “deals” that do nothing to address the underlying root causes of conflicts or disputes.

Trump has even tastelessly suggested that he’s going to turn Gaza into a personally branded beachfront resort and hotel and casino district.

Not to mention the multiple iterations of his “Muslim bans” and travel bans targeting largely Muslim and/or Arab countries. There’s also his islamophobic and inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Palestinians and pro Palestinian protestors over the years.

The point is, there’s no real guarantee about anything, but Trump and his most vocal supporters are exploiting the current circumstances to claim otherwise.

We’ve seen this before. There’s little to no likelihood of a solution where Israelis and Palestinians peacefully cohabitate… Not as long as Netanyahu is in power. He won’t accept anything resembling a two state solution, neither will his extremist, far right coalition.

Hamas and its backers won’t accept a complete disarmament either and Palestinians are going to have a hard time tolerating any further displacement, occupation, or future settlements.

And again, what is there to go back *to*? Even if this ceasefire lasts, Palestinians still have a major humanitarian crisis on their hands.

Who’s going to help them rebuild? Who’s going to fund recovery efforts? Who’s going to take in refugees? Certainly not the US.

How will their safety be assured? How will famine and disease be prevented while thousands upon thousands of refugees are living in tents for the next several years?

We’re only “phase 1” into an apparent 20-point plan that seems quite vague and farfetched, but Trump and his allies are acting like this century’s long conflict dating back to the end of World War I has somehow been completely resolved, that the work is near finished, but the work hasn’t even begun.

And if they really believe that “the war is over,” what’s that say about the sincerity and the commitment of their efforts moving forward?

The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

People correctly citing Lincoln and Truman, but even though he technically wasn’t president at the time I think Washington still counts.

Stop. Calling it. “Falsely claims.” Man up and call it what it is “Trump lies and says ___”

No different when he claims he stopped wars. Just a liar, lying.

I don’t even know why this needs to be fact checked. Anyone with a knowledge of history should know this. This is what 45 years of the GOP gutting the Department of Education leads to.

Yadda yadda. Impeach and remove him!

Also, Epstein files!

Trump, the vascular dementia president.

Nixon did though he delayed ending it to get elected.

Daniel Dale is going to get some interesting emails.

He always want to be the center of attraction

Can we please stop this bullshit? The things he says are complete lies. Stop saying things like “falsely claims”. Say “our president lied again”. Also, let’s act like it’s a big deal when the president lies about something so egregiously.

All wars are still going on.

War of 1812

Spanish American war

Toledo War