Did Donald Trump claim he stopped a war with Albania and when did he say it?
Executive summary
Donald Trump did publicly claim he “stopped” or “ended” a conflict that he described as involving Albania and Azerbaijan — a formulation widely reported as a mix‑up for the Azerbaijan–Armenia conflict — and he made those remarks in multiple public remarks and posts during mid to late 2025, including a Truth Social post in late July and interviews and talks in August and September 2025 [1] [2] [3]. Fact‑checkers and European leaders quickly flagged the geographic error and the broader overstatement that he had “ended” multiple wars [1] [4] [3].
1. What Trump actually said and where it appeared
The claim appears in several of the president’s public statements: FactCheck.org documents a Truth Social video around July 26 in which Trump said “I’ve stopped six wars …” and a July 28 Truth Social post in which he took credit for a ceasefire and “peace” after his involvement [1]. Separate reporting records a conversation with conservative host Mark Levin in which Trump said he had ended a long conflict between “Aber‑baijan” and Albania — language that commentators characterized as a mistaken reference to Azerbaijan and Armenia [2]. Euronews also reported a Fox News interview in which Trump said he stopped a war between “Azerbaijan and Albania,” again prompting outlets to note the apparent confusion [3].
2. When he said it — specific timing and repetition
The timeline in available reporting clusters in mid‑2025: the Truth Social admissions and posts about ceasing multiple conflicts were published in late July 2025 (FactCheck.org cites a July 26 video and a July 28 post) [1]. The Mark Levin conversation was reported on August 22, 2025 [2], and the Fox News iteration covered by Euronews was reported in September 2025 [3]. Subsequent international coverage and mocking by European leaders surfaced into October and November as the remarks circulated [4] [5]. These instances show repetition of the same claim and the same geographic slip over several weeks to months [1] [2] [3].
3. Did he really mean “Albania,” or was this a slip for “Armenia”?
Multiple outlets and fact‑checkers interpret the phrase as a slip: reporters note he was discussing U.S. involvement in brokering a deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia and then used “Albania” instead of “Armenia,” with variants like “Aber‑baijan” appearing in transcripts [4] [3] [2]. That interpretation is supported by contemporaneous diplomatic events — U.S.‑hosted talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan that Trump sought to credit — although whether his actions single‑handedly “ended” the conflict is contested [4] [6]. The sources do not provide a verbatim, uniformly sourced transcript proving intent beyond the circumstantial context, so reporting construes the remark as a geographic confusion rather than a novel assertion about Albania being at war with Azerbaijan [3] [2].
4. How fact‑checkers and foreign leaders responded
FactCheck.org and AP framed the claims about ending multiple wars as exaggerated, noting that while the administration played roles in various ceasefires, several of the disputes Trump cites were not clear‑cut wars or remain unresolved [1] [7]. European coverage recorded derision from foreign leaders and analysts who highlighted the Albania/Armenia error and questioned the accuracy of the “ended wars” tally [4] [5]. Some outlets and analysts credit U.S. diplomacy for helping de‑escalate certain conflicts but say the president’s rhetoric overstates both the number and the finality of those outcomes [1] [7].
5. Bottom line and limits of available reporting
The factual record in the provided reporting supports two linked conclusions: Trump publicly claimed to have stopped a conflict he described as involving Albania and Azerbaijan (i.e., he did make the “Albania” claim), and the statements occurred in late July through September 2025 across Truth Social posts and broadcast interviews [1] [2] [3]. Independent outlets and fact‑checkers uniformly treat the Albania phrasing as an error for Armenia and see his broader claims about having “ended” multiple wars as overstated or inaccurate; the sources do not provide definitive evidence that he intended Albania literally, only strong contextual evidence of a geographic slip and rhetorical inflation [4] [3] [7].