Trump attributes Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire to his efforts: Netizens are having none of that
'I am pleased to announce that, after the involvement of President Donald J Trump, both countries have reached a CEASEFIRE and PEACE,' he said. While he was busy typing all these on Truth Social, we are being served a manifold of headlines, most of which spoke of Palestinians being starved to death.
Meanwhile, what about our PMX and his role in this effort? Netizens were flabbergasted by Trump's claim and rightly so. 'Anwar was on the phone day and night trying to settle their argument and this guy was busy to claim it,' said netizen @ilpiaduih on a Malaysiakini post carrying the news.
However, @johnnymagoo198 pointed out that Anwar had no leverage to broker any deals unlike Trump.
An incredulous netizen by the name of @mohdfaris1998 even asked X AI, Grok, to clarify the situation, and this was Grok's reply:
But we have to say, the picture comments were as hilarious as they were sarcastic.
To re-cap, Anwar Ibrahim was reportedly said by Al Jazeera that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to an 'immediate and unconditional' ceasefire.
Acting Thai Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet met on Monday for ceasefire talks at Anwar's official residence in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya.
And no, the meeting wasn't held in the White House. The Malay Mail further reported Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the US applauds the ceasefire declaration between Cambodia and Thailand.
'We are grateful to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for his leadership and for hosting the ceasefire talks,' he said in a statement released by the State Department late on Monday. Readers can find more references from our previous articles too, such as this one: Amid trust deficit at home, PMX gets a bouquet for settling Thai-Cambodia border conflict.
Meanwhile, the President of Peace will do a lot of good reining in Israel from committing further genocides in Gaza.—July 30, 2025
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