US president repeats claims to have stopped eight wars as he hosts signing ceremony at World Economic Forum
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Donald Trump has claimed the world is “richer, safer and much more peaceful than it was just one year ago” as he hosted a launch event for his “board of peace” initiative at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Hosting a signing ceremony for the new body, the US president repeated his claim to have stopped eight wars. “We put out all those fires. Most people didn’t know, including me, that some of those wars were going on,” he said.
Ministers and heads of government from 19 countries filed on to the stage and took their seats before Trump took to the podium and called it “one of the most important meetings of all”.
