The sign outside the US Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., where President Donald Trump is scheduled to receive the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement mediated by the US, now has his name on it. The action follows an earlier attempt this year by the Trump administration to seize control of the Institute of Peace.
The administration purged workers and imposed its own leadership before a federal judge found those measures unlawful, calling the endeavour a "gross usurpation of power."
The nonprofit organisation, which is supported by the U.S. Congress, has been working in a holding pattern ever since. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly implied that the U.S. Institute of Peace had been renamed in honor of the president when questioned about the choice to inscribe the president's name on the structure.
"Now, the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, which is both beautifully and aptly named after a president who ended eight wars in less than a year, will stand as a powerful reminder of what strong leadership can accomplish for global stability. Congratulations, world!" she stated.
There is much disagreement over the assertion that Trump has put an end to eight wars this year. Before the majority of the hostilities the president says have ended including the Israel-Hamas conflict can truly be deemed concluded, a lot more work needs to be done. A request for comment was not answered by the institute.
The Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group conducted a fast assault in eastern Congo this year, taking the region's two main cities and stoking worries of a wider war. In June, a peace agreement mediated by the United States was struck.
