President Donald Trump said he solved eight wars during his State of the Union address on Feb. 24.
“We’re proudly restoring safety for Americans at home, and we are also restoring security for Americans abroad,” Trump said. “In my first 10 months, I ended eight wars.”
He has frequently mentioned stopping several wars while touting his peace record since returning to office. But not all the conflicts have happened in the first year in office, nor do all parties give him credit for the six peace agreements the U.S. has been a part of. In fact, not all of them are considered wars.
Here is the breakdown:
Fact check: Did Trump end 8 wars?
Since Trump took office in January 2025, the United States has been involved in six ceasefires or peace agreements, though not all parties involved credit the U.S. for the agreements. Those include:
- Armenia and Azerbaijan – The two former Soviet republics and Trump signed a peace agreement at the White House on Aug. 8, ending a decades-long war. The leaders of the countries gave Trump ample praise for his efforts at the ceremony.
- Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda – Trump announced a treaty between the African nations in a June 20 social media post, crediting Secretary of State Marco Rubio for helping to bring them together. The fighting has continued after the agreement. “We’ve got them pretty peaceful. There’s little flare-ups every once in a while,” Trump said of the conflict at a Peace Board event on Feb. 19.
- Iran and Israel – Trump announced on June 23 a ceasefire between the two countries after the U.S. joined Israel in bombing Iranian nuclear sites. Trump warned of further military action in Iran in response to a violent crackdown on demonstrators earlier this year. Trump has since said he backs regime change and the U.S. has moved military assets to the Middle East as it looks to make a deal on Iran’s nuclear program. He said on Feb. 20 that he was considering a limited strike.
- India and Pakistan – Trump announced the neighboring countries, both armed with nuclear weapons, had reached a ceasefire in May with U.S.-led talks after an intensifying military confrontation. However, India did not credit the U.S. with brokering the halt in fighting.
- Cambodia and Thailand – Leaders of the two countries agreed to a ceasefire on July 28 after five deadly days of fighting, Reuters reported. Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall. However, that agreement fell through in December and has been replaced by another ceasefire that Trump was not involved in, according to Reuters. The outlet reported on Feb. 17 that the Cambodian prime minister hopes the Peace Board can help de-escalate border disputes.
- Israel and Hamas – The Trump administration helped broker a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel after a two-year war killed tens of thousands of people, mostly Palestinian. The U.S. and other Peace Board members have donated $10 billion and $7 billion to rebuilding efforts, respectively.
Trump’s eight wars figure also refers to two conflicts mostly based in his first term, the White House previously told USA TODAY.
That includes Ethiopia and Egypt, where there has been neither a war nor a peace agreement between the countries, according to Axios. Trump dealt with a dispute between the two countries in his first term as they were feuding over a huge hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egypt and Sudan have expressed concern that water flow to their part of the Nile River would be impacted, USA TODAY previously reported. Trump said on Feb. 19, “we’re gonna get that solved.”
The other conflict cited by the White House is between Serbia and Kosovo. In September 2020, Trump announced Serbia and Kosovo agreed to economic normalization. But Reuters reported the tense relations persist five years later. Serbia considers Kosovo part of its territory, long after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. Kosovo’s president in July said Trump prevented further escalation, but the Serbian president denied that escalation was imminent, according to Reuters. No peace deal has been signed.
Contributing: Reuters; USA TODAY’s Joey Garrison, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Bart Jansen, Zac Anderson, Francesca Chambers, Josh Meyer, Kim Hjelmgaard, Kathryn Palmer
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her on X (Twitter), Bluesky and TikTok.
