Which 2025 peace deals list Donald Trump as an author or primary negotiator?
Executive summary
Available sources list multiple 2025 peace instruments that the Trump administration says President Donald J. Trump authored, brokered, or led: a White House 20‑point Gaza plan and associated “Trump Peace Agreement” and Board of Peace framework (White House, Axios) [1] [2]; U.S.‑brokered Washington Accords between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, signed at a ceremony Trump hosted (State Department; Reuters) [3] [4]; and a string of bilateral “peace accords” the White House credits to Trump including Azerbaijan‑Armenia and Thailand‑Cambodia declarations (White House fact sheets and articles) [5] [6]. Reporting by Reuters, CNN, Just Security and others shows these instruments are often administration‑led and marketed as “Trump” deals, while analysts and some media say many are aspirational, partial, or contested on the ground [5] [7] [8] [9].
1. The White House’s roll call: “Trump” deals the administration claims to author
The administration’s own documents and press pieces attach Trump’s name to a set of 2025 peace initiatives: the White House published texts and proclamations describing a “Trump Peace Agreement” and a 20‑Point Gaza Peace Plan that the president announced at the White House [1] [10]. The White House also ran articles crediting Trump with brokering a joint declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan (August ceremony) and with a series of other bilateral accords and trade‑linked peace statements [5] [11] [6]. Those government releases explicitly frame Trump as author, broker, or leading negotiator [1] [5] [6].
2. Washington Accords (DRC–Rwanda): U.S.‑brokered, Trump‑hosted and promoted
The State Department describes the December 4, 2025 signing as the “Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda,” and notes President Trump hosted the ceremony [3]. Reuters and other outlets reported Trump gathered the two leaders for the signing and described it as a U.S.‑brokered deal that the administration markets as a Trump achievement [4] [7]. Independent coverage flags that fighting continued in eastern DRC shortly after the ceremony, and analysts call the agreement largely aspirational because many armed groups were not party to the accords [9] [8].
3. Gaza 20‑point plan and the “Board of Peace”: Trump as author/leader in White House framing
Axios and White House sources outline a 20‑Point Gaza Peace Plan and a second phase that includes an international stabilization force and a Trump‑led “Board of Peace” or executive board with named U.S. advisers (Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair on the board list in reporting) [10] [2]. The White House materials and coverage present Trump as the driving author and guarantor; outside outlets note the plan’s contentious elements and uneven implementation, and that its governance proposals are exceptional in naming the president or U.S.‑headed boards as guarantors [1] [2] [10].
4. Other bilateral accords the White House credits to Trump (Azerbaijan–Armenia; Thailand–Cambodia, etc.)
White House articles and fact sheets list a string of agreements the administration attributes to Trump’s mediation: an August joint declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan signed at the White House, and the “Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords” between Thailand and Cambodia signed with U.S. involvement during an October visit [5] [6]. These documents explicitly describe Trump as broker and host; outside analysis (Just Security) characterizes some of these initiatives as “peace theater” that prioritize quick transactional wins over inclusive, durable settlements [8].
5. Ukraine peace frameworks: Trump‑led drafts and envoys, but contested authorship and content
Reporting documents a U.S.‑draft 28‑point plan for Ukraine that sources link to Trump’s envoys (Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner) and to discussions Trump publicly promoted; Axios and Reuters report the plan would impose difficult concessions on Kyiv and indicate the Peace Council would be headed by President Trump in draft text [12] [13]. Multiple outlets show European and Ukrainian officials pushed back; The Guardian and Reuters describe the plan as produced through unconventional diplomacy with private envoys—Trump is the political face, but negotiators and foreign counterparts influence text [14] [13] [12].
6. How journalists and analysts interpret “authorship” vs. public marketing
Government sources consistently place Trump at the center of dozens of 2025 peace claims (White House, State Department) [1] [3]. Independent outlets and analysts present two competing frames: one that credits the administration’s high‑visibility mediation and another that emphasizes limits—agreements that are largely declaratory, negotiated by outside envoys, incomplete on implementation, or missing key parties [5] [8] [9]. For several initiatives, available reporting documents the White House authorship claim; other sources label the same deals as symbolic or contested on the ground [4] [8] [9].
Limitations and next steps: sources above document White House claims and independent reporting through December 2025, but available sources do not mention a single, comprehensive list of every 2025 peace instrument “authored” by Trump beyond the examples cited here; a full legal or academic attribution of “author” would require examining each signed text and its drafters, which current reporting does not supply (not found in current reporting).