Trump says he's stopped eight wars. Here are six he's started

Here are the eight wars he supposedly stopped: Israel-Hamas (Gaza), Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Cambodia-Thailand, Egypt-Ethiopia, Serbia-Kosovo, Rwanda-Democratic Republic of Congo.

In all eight conflicts, Trump claims to have mediated/brokered ceasefires and peace agreements. In precisely none was lasting reconciliation achieved or, where tensions have reduced, was that ascribed solely or even mostly to his intervention.

Six wars he’s personally started, or intensified, since his return to power:

1. The War on Trade: He just can't stop threatening and levying tariffs on anyone and everyone he meets, friends and foes alike.

2. The War on Science: In tandem with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump has mercilessly attacked the most successful public health program in modern history, denouncing such proven miracles as the vaccines for smallpox, polio, hepatitis A, COVID, and flu.

3. The War on the Environment: Trump’s bombardment of environmental policy has decimated protections for land, oceans, forests, and wildlife and worsened the climate crisis.

4. The War on Knowledge: Shaking down universities and starving public schools of funding is a calculated strategy designed to chill free speech and academic excellence.

5. ・The War on Race: It started with dismantling DEI and affirmative action and escalated to combat so-called “woke” culture. But over the past several months, Trump hasn’t even bothered to disguise the fact he’s targeting Black and Brown America, and really anyone non-White Christian.

6. The War on Mainstream Media: It pretty much goes without saying that anyone with authoritarian aspirations can’t tolerate a press that doesn’t fawn all over him.

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