Trump Pulls Out List of Wars He’s Ended Since Returning to White House During 60 Minutes Interview

 

President Donald Trump bizarrely pulled out a flyer listing the eight wars he claims to have ended since he returned to the White House earlier this year during a sit-down interview with 60 Minutes at Mar-a-Lago that aired Sunday.

The strange moment came during the Sunday night broadcast, as CBS host Norah O’Donnell challenged the president on his inability to achieve a ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine.

Trump responded with his usual talking point of blaming his predecessor for the “stupid” conflict.

“But Norah, that was Joe Biden’s war, not my war,” Trump said. “I inherited that stupid war. That should not have been a war. That would’ve never happened if I were president. And by the way, for four years it didn’t happen. There was never even a doubt.”

Trump then reached into his pocket and pulled out a printed list of the wars he claims he has ended since retaking office in January, instructing O’Donnell to “look at this.”

“But I brought, I mean, just a little list of– of– look at this, wars. How many did I solve?” he asked.

The paper was the same document posted to X by the State Department back on Oct. 14.

Read the exchange here:

NORAH O’DONNELL: So why won’t Putin end this war?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: –that was– but– but Norah, that was Joe Biden’s war, not my war. I inherited that stupid war. That should not have been a war. That would’ve never happened if I were president. And by the way, for four years it didn’t happen. There was never even a doubt.

Then the election was rigged and stolen, and all of a sudden you see them forming up at the line. And now I come back and I’m gonna get that one solved too. But I brought, I mean, just a little list of– of– look at this, wars. How many did I solve?

Cambodia– this is Cambodia Thailand. Kosovo Serbia. Congo– the Congo and Rwanda. Pakistan and India, that was gonna be a beauty. They shot down seven planes. Israel and Iran, you’ve heard about that one? Egypt and Ethiopia, that’s another beauty. Ethiopia built a big– dam where there’s no water going to the Nile. Armenia and Azerbaijan. And if you take a look, Israel and Hamas, which is a, you know, rough little situation, but it’s gonna be–

NORAH O’DONNELL: I do wanna talk about– I mean, you have branded yourself the peace president.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I think I did–

NORAH O’DONNELL: What–

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: –pretty good. I– I solved– those are eight of the nine wars I solved. I–

NORAH O’DONNELL: When–

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: –you know how I solved ’em? I said, in many cases, in 60% I said, “If you don’t stop fighting, I’m putting tariffs on both of your countries and you’re not gonna be able to do business with the United–”

NORAH O’DONNELL: So why isn’t that– why isn’t that working with Putin?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: It is working with Putin, I think. I did different with him because we don’t do very much business with Russia, for one thing, you know? He’s not, like, somebody that buys a lot from us because of– foolishness. And I think he’d like to be. I think he wants to come in and he wants to trade with us, and he wants to make a lotta money for Russia, and I think that’s great. That’s what I like–

NORAH O’DONNELL: Can you get it done in a couple months, do you think?

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I think we’re gonna get it done, yeah.

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