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    Canada absent from Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ founding membership

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    1. InsulaFelix on

      Professors of English must be working around the clock to catalog and understand all these insane new levels of irony. Board of Peace indeed.

    2. Realistic_Peak8793 on

      We should stay as far away from this as humanly possible. If anything actually comes of it, which is extremely unlikely once Trump loses interest, it will be more evil.

    4. OmissionsOmen on

      It’s pretty evident that Carney’s hesitation, amongst other issues, is partially with Donald appointing himself decision maker of the board. It sounds like a club the Little Rascals put together more than a serious political alliance…

      >It is governed by its own private charter which only names one person, “Chairman Trump,” who may adopt resolutions or initiatives on its behalf without consulting the board, and who is a member for life.

      And regarding – I assume – PM Carney’s hesitance to commit to such a financial obligation right now, why would Donald be expecting nations would willingly pay the fee when he’s moaned for the last 10 years about them not meeting their Nato spending commitments.

    5. retrool on

      I wouldn’t see the need to rush to get on this for Canada, the “board of peace” is going to be an “infrastructure week” level joke in a few months.

    6. CaptainCanusa on

      I get the argument that you might be able to influence the policies if you’re “in the room”, but man, the reasons to stay far, far away from this group are piling up fast.

    7. geeves_007 on

      Good, this entire thing looks like a complete scam and grift.  Which is 100% on brand with modern conservatism.   Grift, grift, grift.  

    8. Ciserus on

      I’m positive Carney had this board top of mind when he was saying this in his WEF speech:

      >The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true. And its fragility comes from the same source: when even one person stops performing — when the greengrocer removes his sign — the illusion begins to crack.

      >Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down.

      America has no inherent power to lead on things like Gaza. They lead because other countries are accustomed to going along with it. If other countries agree to join a Board of Peace that gives Trump absolute power, he has that power in reality. If some of them (for example, the entire First World) decline to show up, the facade crumbles.

      This needs to happen a lot more after today. Trump, for instance, has zero business or credibility hosting peace talks between countries. What if everyone just stops showing up and seeks out more honest brokers?

    9. Mooweetye on

      “His speech was better than mine and everyone can’t stop talking about him so he can’t be apart of my thing that everyone wants”

      “Everyone wants it, right guys?”