2025-12-15
26 分钟We've solved eight wars.
Think of it, eight wars have been solved.
President Trump is once again flexing his negotiating skills.
Although Thailand and Cambodia,
I think I'm going to have to make a couple of phone calls on Thailand,
but we'll get that one back on track.
On Friday,
he made phone calls to try to stop the fighting at the border between Thailand and Cambodia.
He said both sides had agreed to seize all shooting effective Friday evening.
But over the weekend, the fighting continued, with reports of more bombings and more rocket attacks.
Cambodia announced it was closing all border crossings with its neighbor.
In this long-running conflict in Southeast Asia,
at least half a million people have been evacuated on both sides.
In his second term, President Trump often claims to be a dealmaker and a peacemaker.
And in this last week, he's again taking credit for solving eight wars.
But what happens if the deal he strikes can't actually solve the war?
From the BBC, I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, DC.
And today on The Global Story, why did this Thai-Cambodian peace deal unravel?
I'm Jonathan Haid.
I'm the BBC's Southeast Asia correspondent.