Trump appears not to know the difference between making a deal and making peace

US president's efforts under harsh spotlight as Rwanda-DRC deal and Thailand-Cambodia mediations waver

For the sake of anyone confused by Donald Trump's apparently supernatural abilities as a global peacemaker - for which he was given the inaugural (and perhaps only) Fifa peace prize" - current events have intervened to offer some clarification.

Trump has claimed a number of dubious diplomatic successes on the international peace front, among them a freshly signed deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mediating in Thailand and Cambodia's deadly border dispute, and the Gaza ceasefire".