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US President Donald Trump joked astir sharing the limelight with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and archetypal woman Melania Trump astatine the inaugural gathering of his Board of Peace connected February 19, 2026, successful Washington, DC, arsenic the assemblage oversaw the Gaza ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas and the rebuilding of the region.Trump told dozens of satellite leaders attending the gathering that Rubio made him truthful arrogant helium “almost terminated his" employment, but observers asked wherefore Trump could not marque a akin speech."You did yourself arrogant successful Munich. In fact, truthful well, I astir terminated his employment. Because they said, wherefore can't Trump bash this?!" Trump said. “I do, but I accidental it differently,” Trump said. “But Marco, don’t bash immoderate amended than you did, please.
Because if you do, you’re retired of here,” Trump added, to laughter.
Rubio precocious won immoderate planetary kudos for a connection of unity, saying "Europe volition ne'er beryllium irrelevant" during a code connected Feb. 14 astatine the Munich Security Conference. Melania Trump was riding a question of popularity aft the Feb. 1 merchandise of her eponymous documentary.Referring to his wife, Trump said his regularisation of thumb was that each household could lone person 1 star.
“I ever accidental there’s not country successful 1 household for 2 stars,” Trump said. “I told her that.”Trump said helium was arrogant of her and that the “people of the United States emotion the archetypal lady.” But helium fretted astir having 2 salient radical nether 1 roof.“You can’t person 2 stars successful 1 family. I don’t cognize what that means but it’s not good,” Trump said. “But it is bully due to the fact that we’re arrogant of her.”Trump created the Board of Peace to oversee the Gaza ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas and the rebuilding of the region.
Countries including Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan pledged $7 cardinal toward Gaza relief. Trump said the United States would supply $10 billion.His code came arsenic governmental observers portrayed Rubio and Vice President JD Vance arsenic jockeying for imaginable 2028 campaigns for president. Rubio and Vance said they were not rivals.Rubio’s code contrasted sharply from Vance’s a twelvemonth agone astatine the aforesaid information league successful Germany.
Vance criticised European leaders for policies connected migration, defence and escaped speech. Rubio brought his connection of unity with Europe portion saying its leaders besides made mistakes.“Marco does it with a velvet glove, but it’s a kill,” Trump said. “Trust me. The effect is the same. They bash it precise differently.”Trump said Vance “gets a small spot pugnacious connected occasion.” But the President made a constituent of saying that Rubio and Vance had some done “great.”The Board of Peace was assembled to rise wealth for the rebuilding and stabilisation of Gaza and was formally established connected the sidelines of World Economic Forum successful January of 2026.
