Donald Trump on Monday, January 19 threatened 200% tariffs on French wine and champagne over France’s intentions to decline the US leader’s invitation to join his “board of peace.” The board was originally conceived to oversee the rebuilding of war-torn Gaza, but the charter does not appear to limit its role to the occupied Palestinian territory.
“I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagnes. And he’ll join. But he doesn’t have to join,” Trump said, referring to French President Emmanuel Macron. A source close to Macron told AFP on Monday that France “does not intend to answer favorably” to the invitation.
The board’s charter “goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza,” the source close to the French president said.
I’d imagine if you dug deep enough the “Board of Peace” will be licensed to Trump Enterprises and he’ll leave with billions (assuming some countries will pay that level of protection money).
scheme depends on greedy, power mad people. like you get in the leadership class of most countries. detached from day-to-day struggle of most people. congress, scotus, etc. etc. no empathy. only greed. and brown-noser fuks i try to sabotage when able. one boss called me an iconoclast. label i liked after looking it up.
Actually, it appears to be worse. It’s sorta pitched as an “alternate” to the UN:
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/20/trump-davos-greenland-tariff-threats
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/kremlin-says-putin-invited-join-trump-gaza-board-of-peace
That’s what I gathered as well, except with Trump as chairman (or president of the world, if you like).