Ringing in the new year at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, US President Donald Trump shared his vision for 2026 with reporters.
When asked if he had any new year resolutions to follow through with, he replied with – “Peace. Peace on Earth.”
What’s behind Trump’s resolution?
In 2025, Trump made several assertions claiming that he had helped end multiple wars across the world during his time in office. He often said he had brought peace to conflicts that others considered “unendable.”
Trump even claimed at forums like the United Nations General Assembly that he had ended as many as “eight wars in eight months”.
Which conflicts did he highlight?
Trump typically highlighted conflicts such as tensions between Israel and Iran, hostilities between India and Pakistan, clashes involving Armenia and Azerbaijan, and other long-running disputes like those involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thailand and Cambodia, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Serbia and Kosovo.
Are these claims true?
Multiple independent fact-checkers and analysts have pushed back on these claims, according to Politifact.
Fact-checking groups have rated Trump’s statements as exaggerated or misleading, noting that in most cases where agreements happened, they were temporary ceasefires or partial diplomatic pauses, not full peace treaties that would constitute ending a war in the traditional, lasting sense.
India also repeatedly rejected Trump’s claim of US involvement in ending its four-day conflict with Pakistan. “The talks regarding cessation of military action were held directly between India and Pakistan under the existing channels established between both militaries,” Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Trump clearly that during this period, there was no talk at any stage on US mediation between India and Pakistan,” Misri had said in an earlier press statement.
Trump’s bid for Nobel Peace Prize
Despite repeated public claims that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace deals and ending global conflicts, Trump was not awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize instead went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, recognised by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for her democratic rights activism in Venezuela. Machado even dedicated part of her award to Trump, acknowledging US support that helped her travel to receive the honour.
