Ever since he returned to the Oval Office he has been trying to be known as a peacemaker
With US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, there cannot be a dull day or so proves his first six months in office.
On Saturday, Trump once again took a jibe at former President Barack Obama, this time using one of the world’s most infamous police chases. Trump posted a doctored image on his social media platform Truth Social, mimicking the infamous OJ Simpson white Ford Bronco chase. The edited image shows Obama as a fugitive driving the Bronco with Trump following closely behind in a police cruiser.
A few days back Trump shared an AI-generated video showing Obama being arrested in the President’s Oval Office by FBI agents.
Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has intensified criticism of political opponents, especially Obama. Alleging that the federal government was weaponised against him, Trump is targeting Obama primarily in connection with the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The claims are said to be unsubstantiated and widely refuted, however, there are a couple of theories why he is doing it. One is that it has got to do with Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize aspirations and another is that these are his “diversionary tactics” to take care of prevailing issues in America and, to an extent, also the recent bad press over article alleging that he wrote a lewd letter to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday.
Incidentally, the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Trump—the ‘peacemaker’
The fact is ever since he returned to the Oval Office he has been trying to be known as a peacemaker. Trump on Saturday called upon Cambodia and Thailand to put an end to the ongoing deadly border conflict, threatening them that America would not make any trade deal with them if they did not announce a ceasefire.
Trump said the conflict reminded him of “Pakistan and India,” which he again claimed was “brought to a successful halt,” by him. Meanwhile, Cambodia has accepted his request for a ceasefire while Thailand stressed the need for a dialogue between the two countries. Both countries also “thanked him for his concern and efforts.”
Earlier on 24 June, Israel and Iran agreed to the “ceasefire mediated by the US and Qatar”
The previous evening, Trump had written that an agreement to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran for the Iran–Israel war would go into effect the following day.
