President Trump said Sunday that the fighting between Thailand and Cambodia “will stop momentarily” and boasted that the US has been increasingly taking on the role of the United Nations in peacekeeping.
Thailand and Cambodia signed a ceasefire deal Saturday, but Bangkok was accused of carrying out airstrikes against Phnom Penh earlier that same day, raising questions about the viability of the deal.
“I am pleased to announce that the breakout fighting between Thailand and Cambodia will stop momentarily, and they will go back to living in PEACE, as per our recently agreed to original Treaty,” Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday.
Trump had put trade pressure on both sides to reach a peace deal over the summer, and a ceasefire between the rival countries was brokered in July by Malaysia. That deal was formalized in October during a ceremony Trump attended.
But fighting began to kicked off again in December.
The Southeast Asian neighbors are fighting over a disputed border region that has been in conflict for decades.
Trump has frequently pointed to the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia to boast about his peace-making skills.
“With all of the wars and conflicts I have settled and stopped over the last eleven months, EIGHT, perhaps the United States has become the REAL United Nations, which has been of very little assistance or help in any of them, including the disaster currently going on between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump added.
“The United Nations must start getting active and involved in WORLD PEACE!”
Trump is set to huddle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later in the day at his lavish Mar-a-Lago club.
