"U.S. President Donald Trump often claimed in his second presidential term that he stopped six wars within six months. On Aug. 18, 2025, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while calling for an end to the Ukraine-Russia war, Trump said he had 'ended' six wars.
"He made a similar claim days before the meeting, saying in an interview with Fox News, 'I've solved six wars in six months' and repeating the claim during remarks in the Oval Office. And in July 2025, Trump said, 'I'm averaging about a war a month' referring to the apparent wars he had helped end. Our readers have asked Snopes to fact-check Trump's claim. ...
"Trump and his team at various times had referred to the following seven, not six, conflicts: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, India and Pakistan, Iran and Israel, Cambodia and Thailand, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serbia and Kosovo, and even Egypt and Ethiopia. ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda ... Trump's claim to broker peace in this case is widely off the mark.
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India and Pakistan ... Neither country has
officially declared war in many of their major conflicts including this one. Trump
claimed the two countries agreed to a 'full and immediate ceasefire' after talks mediated by the U.S. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
thanked Trump 'for his leadership and proactive role for peace in the region. However, India's foreign ministry
said Trump played no role in mediation. ...
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Iran and Israel ... Trump can be
credited with pressuring both Israel and Iran to stop hostilities, though the U.S. was an active combatant in the hostilities. ... Iran and Israel's
rhetoric suggests another war can break out again any day.
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Cambodia and Thailand ... Even though Trump pressured the two countries to agree to a ceasefire, the underlying conflict is still
ongoing, including their competing claims over centuries-old Hindu temples along their borders.
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Armenia and Azerbaijan ... [Azerbaijan's] Aliyev and [Armenia's] Pashinyan both
praised Trump, saying he helped end the conflict and said they would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. Lasting peace in the region hinges on a range of factors
including whether Russia continues to exert influence and over
fears around Armenia and Azerbaijan's longer history of failed negotiations.
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Serbia and Kosovo ... In
2020, during his first term, Trump brokered an economic normalisation agreement between the two countries, dubbed The Washington Agreement. .... However, the two countries were not in active
conflict at the time
.... It is not clear what conflict Trump resolved in his second term as president. ...
"Egypt and Ethiopia ... Even though the White House confirmed to us that this was a war Trump helped resolve in his first term, neither country has reached a deal, nor is there an open war taking place, making this particular claim suspect.
"Israel and Gaza ... Trump has been unable to stop Israel's ongoing bombardment of Gaza ...
"Russia and Ukraine ... Trump has also been unable to resolve the current crisis ..."
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