A look at Trump's Board of Peace and who has been invited
apnews.com

... The board's charter has not yet been made public, but a draft version obtained by The Associated Press indicates much of the power will be concentrated Trump's hands. A $1 billion contribution secures permanent membership, the draft says. ...

When asked by a reporter Tuesday if the board should replace the U.N., Trump said, "It might." ...

A draft charter for the board, obtained from a European diplomat and confirmed by a U.S. official as accurate as of Monday, uses expansive language to describe its ambitions.

It emphasizes "the need for a more nimble and effective international peace-building body" and says "durable peace" requires "the courage to depart from approaches and institutions that have too often failed." It adds an aim to "secure peace in places where it has for too long proven elusive."

Under the charter, the chairman -- which Trump says will be him -- has the power to invite member states, break any ties in a vote, decide how frequently it meets, and create or dissolve subsidiary entities.

The expenses of the Board of Peace will be funded by contributions from member states, which serve three-year terms. Members who pay "more than one billion United States dollars in cash" during their first year can have a permanent place on the board, the draft says.

The draft is under constant revision, is not finalized and may undergo significant changes, according to the U.S. official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. ...

People Just Discovering Last Land Denmark Sold to the US Was Epstein Island
www.newsweek.com

... As President Donald Trump continues to push to buy Greenland, some people are just finding out that the last major territory the United States bought from Denmark was in 1917 -- the Danish West Indies, now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

But a lot of social media users are jokingly pointing fingers at a much smaller, much more infamous island in the Virgin Islands that was part of the 1917 acquisition -- Little Saint James, more commonly known as Epstein Island.

Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island was never sold to the United States -- but it is part of the U.S. Virgin Islands that was later purchased by Epstein himself. That has not stopped online jokes and shock from people making the connection for the first time. ...