Trump’s U.S. pledge of $10B to new Board of Peace fuels funding source questions
Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena (2L), Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (5L), Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani (C-R), Argentina’s President Javier Milei (5R), Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (4R), Bulgaria’s former Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov ((3R), Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev (2R) and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) applaud as US President Donald Trump (C) holds a signing founding charter on January 22, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images) At the newly renamed Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace, President Donald Trump announced a massive $10 billion U.S. commitment to the Board of Peace (BoP). However, the Thursday announcement has since fueled questions in relation to where the money will be coming from specifically. The pledge, intended to anchor an international effort to rebuild the Gaza Strip, immediately drew scrutiny from Democrat lawmakers and even some conservative allies who argued that this could lead to a...