US President Donald Trump claimed at the United Nations that he had “ended seven un-endable wars,” listing conflicts in Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan.
However, many of these conflicts either continue to simmer or were not active wars to begin with.
Here’s a closer look at the seven conflicts Trump says he ended and the reality behind each claim:
1. Armenia and Azerbaijan
Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in August 2025 to sign a peace agreement over the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. While this marked progress, the deal remains unratified, with key issues like constitutional changes in Armenia unresolved.
2. Cambodia and Thailand
After deadly clashes along their disputed border in July 2025, Trump pressured both countries to agree to a ceasefire through phone calls and trade threats. The ceasefire was agreed upon, but the border dispute itself remains unsettled.
3. Israel and Iran
Trump announced a ceasefire after 12 days of intense fighting in June 2025 between Israel and Iran, which involved missile and drone strikes and US bombings of Iranian nuclear facilities. Despite the ceasefire, tensions persist with no lasting peace or nuclear deal in place.
4. India and Pakistan
Following a spike in hostilities over Kashmir in May 2025, Trump claimed the US had brokered a ceasefire agreement between nuclear neighbors. Pakistan has praised his intervention, even nominating him for a Nobel Prize, while India credited a direct bilateral agreement and resisted foreign involvement.
5. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
A US-brokered peace agreement was signed in June 2025 to ease the ongoing conflict, but violence by multiple armed groups continues unabated in the region, raising doubts about the effectiveness of the deal.
6. Egypt and Ethiopia
This “conflict” is actually a bitter dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile, not a war. The dam’s inauguration in September 2025 has escalated tensions, but no fighting has occurred. According to CNN, in the rebel-held city of Goma, home to more than 2 million people, local people, aid workers, and rebel leaders said the fighting and the hardships continue.
7. Kosovo and Serbia
Trump included Kosovo and Serbia on his list, referring to a 2020 economic normalization agreement. However, Serbia still does not recognize Kosovo’s independence, and tensions remain high with frequent flare-ups.
While Trump deserves some credit for facilitating talks and agreements in specific conflicts, many of the wars he claims to have ended are ongoing or were never fully active wars. Several countries involved have disputed his role, and ceasefires have often been fragile or temporary at best. The picture of Trump as a peacemaker is far more complicated than his claims suggest.