The only conflict the Trump administration has helped solve, is the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. DW

US President Donald Trump claims to have ended eight wars in his first year back in office. But several of his peace deals are, in reality, largely fruitless endeavors. Trump’s rhetoric about ending wars and establishing order seems to be smoke and mirrors, Deutsche Welle writes.

According to the publication, the only conflict, which the Trump administration can demonstrably say it helped solve, is the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, where the US’ proactive involvement effectively led to the ending of tension that lasted for almost 40 years.

“What he calls peace were mostly temporary pauses, normalization deals, or press-conference victories that ignored the root causes of conflict,” Medea Benjamin, founder of the US-based anti-war group Code Pink, said. “These were not durable peace agreements but short-term political fixes that postponed rather than prevented renewed war,” he told DW.

Eugenio Costa Almeida, a researcher at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-UL), said that there is a tactic to Trump’s role as a diplomat which goes beyond the dimension of personal prestige, operating “at the intersection of geopolitical strategy, economic interests, and a logic of personal and electoral leadership affirmation.”