Trump’s latest entertainment is creating a “board of peace” that is inclooosive of all the neighborhood warmongers. Countries that don’t join get punished.

Trump has confirmed he invited Vladimir Putin to join a US-proposed Gaza “Board of Peace”.

The board is part of Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Israel-Hamas war and expected to temporarily oversee the running of Gaza and manage its reconstruction.

On Monday, the Kremlin said the Russian president had received the offer. Neither Moscow nor Trump has said whether Putin had accepted.

Washington has asked various world leaders to sit on the board. On Monday, Trump threatened 200% tariffs on French wine after President Emmanuel Macron declined to join.

Well don’t stop there. Put also 200% tariffs on croissants and escargots and pain chocolat and ratatouille and daube de boeuf à la provençale.

The White House’s offer to Putin comes as Russia [has] yet to accept a US-backed peace deal aimed at ending its four-year assault on Ukraine.

Oh that’s ok, it’s just high spirits.

Trump responded to Macron’s decision to decline membership by threatening a 200% tariff on French wine and champagne imports. “He’ll join, but he doesn’t have to join,” Trump added.

He doesn’t have to join but we will punish him if he doesn’t.

In response, a source close to President Macron told the BBC: “Threats to use tariffs to influence our foreign policies are unacceptable and ineffective.”

But they’re fun for Trump.

Other leaders have cautiously responded to the invitations to join the Board of Peace. Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a Trump ally, have accepted roles on the board.

Well that will be a huge help.