Trump signs peace and trade deals ending conflict between Cambodia and Thailand rips UN: Didnt get involved
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Trump blasted the United Nations for not being more involved in ending wars as he signed peace and trade deals Sunday with the leaders of Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia — with the three nations pledging to boost US economic ties in exchange for lower tariffs.Trump, 79, said a peace accord formalizing the truce that he brokered in July may save “millions of lives” in the two Southeast Asian nations, which were represented by their prime ministers at the ceremony in the Malaysian capital.“Millions of people are alive today because of this peace treaty,” Trump declared.“The United Nations should be doing this, but they don’t do it.They don’t do it.
They turned off my teleprompter.When I made a speech, I had to make a speech without a teleprompter.
They’re good at that.The escalator wasn’t working too well.
It came to a complete halt,” he added.“But, I mean, the United Nations has such great potential.I wish they could do it.
They didn’t get involved with us at all.We just did the deal and reported the deal, and everybody was sort of amazed that we got it done so quickly and so nicely.”The peace deal, specifying a military pullback from a disputed border region and an exchange of prisoners of war, ended five days of fighting in July that claimed at least 66 lives.“I shouldn’t say it’s a hobby, because it’s so much more serious than a hobby, but it’s something that I’m good at, and it’s something I love to do,” said Trump, who added that he’s now interested in resolving clashes between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.“I heard that Pakistan and Afghanistan have started up.
But I’ll get that solved very quickly,” he said.Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, previously jailed on what he says were politically motivated charges of corruption and sodomy, played host at the event and made a lighthearted reference to Trump facing four criminal cases before winning last year�...