US President Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, and in his speech to the United Nations claimed that he “ends seven merciless wars.”
“I ended the seven wars, but in all cases they were furious and thousands were killed, including Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, Congo and Rwanda.
The two conflicts Trump has worked hardest to reach so far — Israeli war in Gaza and Russian war with Ukraine — continue to be furious with no signs of easing, despite the countless deadlines, threats and promises he has made to obtain a ceasefire contract.
However, he has not stopped Trump from boasting about the conflict he said he was over, as he didn’t sign a contract in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Trump has been repeating this claim since the beginning of the summer, with the White House providing a list of seven alleged bilateral agreements last month.
He certainly helped to mediate several agreements between long-standing enemies, but his role in securing a ceasefire in some of the other conflicts he boasts about the end is contested by several of the countries involved.
And of course there is a war that is not happening when he claims he has finished them.
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Trump certainly deserves credit for hosting Armenia and Azerbaijani leaders at the White House in August, where they finalised the peace deal they first announced about five months ago.
The two former Soviet republics were trapped in a conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh for almost 40 years. The breakaway area of the Caucasus Mountains is home to around 120,000 ethnic Armenians, and although it was considered internationally as part of Azerbaijan, it has been ruled by Armenian separatists since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
It changed in 2023, with a 24-hour lightning attack that encouraged Azerbaijan to regain full control of Nagorno-Karabakh, urging the region’s Armenian ethnic population to flee to Armenia within a week.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev both praised Trump.
It is undoubtedly a step forward, but the contract has not been ratified by either country. Some issues have not been resolved yet. Most notably, Azerbaijan is calling for Armenia to change its constitution.
Cambodia and Thailand
The 508-mile (817km) boundary between Thailand and Cambodia has been prone to a flare-up of violence for decades.
Cambodia previously sought a ruling over disputed areas from the United Nations International Court of Justice, but Thailand does not recognize the court’s jurisdiction and argues that some areas along the border are not completely separated.
The recent round of violence broke out in July when at least 38 people, mostly civilians, were killed and hundreds of thousands were forced to flee their homes.
Trump made individual calls with leaders of both countries and threatened to halt trade negotiations if he disagrees with a ceasefire.
The two met in Malaysia within a few days and agreed to a ceasefire. However, despite Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Mane saying he nominated the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize, the disputed borders remain unresolved.
Israel and Iran
When the US president announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after a 12-day battle in June, it seemed a little premature as both countries continued their final attacks.
However, the two countries later supported a ceasefire.
The direct conflict between the long enemy began when Israel launched a surprising attack on Iranian military and nuclear facilities that killed prominent politicians, military leaders and nuclear scientists. Iran responded with waves of missiles and drone strikes against Israeli cities and military facilities.
Trump initially revealed that Israel was opposed to direct attacks on Iran, but the US joined Iran’s major nuclear facility and bombed it with its unique, powerful “bunker busting” bomb.
Like many other conflicts he claims to have ended, Trump’s role in ending violence is unknown. No peace agreements or solid contracts have been reached regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, and both Iran and Israel have been threatening each other ever since.
India and Pakistan
India and Pakistan were caught up in the most intense conflict in decades in May after India launched missiles at nine locations in Pakistan in response to the Indian-controlled massacre of Kashmir tourists that India denounced in Pakistan.
The conflict has been raging for several days, but Trump announced on social media that the US had brokered the end of the battle.
There are conflicting explanations of how the ceasefire was negotiated. Islamabad praised the US involvement and appointed Trump the Nobel Peace Prize as “a decisive diplomatic intervention.”
India downplayed Trump’s involvement and instead said a ceasefire was agreed “directly between the two countries.” India has argued that no other countries will be involved in foreign intervention in the issue of Kashmir, a conflict zone where India and Pakistan fought several wars.
Rwanda and DRC
When representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed a peace agreement mediated by the US in June, Trump praised them as “a great day for Africa and, frankly, a great day for the world.”
However, it is rare to suggest that one of the world’s most prolonged and complex conflicts – has somehow been eased.
Many militia groups that have fought over 30 years are still engaged in fatal battles.
CNN visited Goma, a rebel city that is home to over 2 million people earlier this month. Locals, aid workers and rebel leaders told CNN that they continued the difficulties caused by it.
In the same week, the United Nations Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a fact-finding report on the escalation of hostilities between January and July 2025.
Egypt and Ethiopia
It is unknown that Trump has precisely concluded this conflict, as Egypt and Ethiopia were not actually at war.
But the two are trapped in a fierce debate over a massive hydroelectric dam that Ethiopia officially opened earlier this month, and are worried that the rift will escalate.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, sitting on a tributary of the Nile, took about 15 years, and Ethiopians saw it as the key to future economic prosperity.
Egypt and Sudan have long opposed dams, claiming it will have a negative impact on the availability of water downstream. Egypt claims it has the right to reject the Nile project under a colonial treaty signed with the UK.
Serbia and Kosovo
Another mysterious item on the list of Trump’s conflicts he settled.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, nine years after NATO launched a bombing campaign against Serbian forces responsible for the brutal crackdown on Kosovo’s Albanian people.
Serbia and Kosovo signed economic normalization agreements during Trump’s first term in 2020, but Serbia continues to view Kosovo as a withdrawal state and does not recognize its independence.
Tensions between the two countries continue to flare up every few months, and the European Union (they want to participate) plays an important role in mediation.
