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"The president’s fingerprints can be detected throughout the city: He has deployed camouflage-clad troops on local streets, wrested control of public golf courses, and slapped his name atop the U.S. Institute of Peace building and the Kennedy Center."
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White House fences off park as Trump begins new building project
Officials said Lafayette Square, the public park next to the White House, will be improved as part of Trump’s America 250 celebration.
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January 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"The president’s fingerprints can be detected throughout the city: He has deployed camouflage-clad troops on local streets, wrested control of public golf courses, and slapped his name atop the U.S. Institute of Peace building and the Kennedy Center."
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and per implications: when you slash USAid and the US Institute of Peace first, and MONTHS later ‘invade’ Venezuela, guised as a narcoterrorOp, you lack the two elements you traditionally used for geostrategic thinking.
January 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
and per implications: when you slash USAid and the US Institute of Peace first, and MONTHS later ‘invade’ Venezuela, guised as a narcoterrorOp, you lack the two elements you traditionally used for geostrategic thinking.
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What has DOGE accomplished over the past year? Very little! They cut down USAID and got rid of the US Institute for Peace, but otherwise it was mostly just political theater. Every line of the federal budget (and every office) is there b/c some powerful legislator or interest group wants it there:
January 17, 2026 at 2:05 PM
What has DOGE accomplished over the past year? Very little! They cut down USAID and got rid of the US Institute for Peace, but otherwise it was mostly just political theater. Every line of the federal budget (and every office) is there b/c some powerful legislator or interest group wants it there:
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What the hell is the “Board of Peace”? Trump already dismantled the Institute of Peace early in his administration. So dumb and an obvious grift.
January 18, 2026 at 1:46 AM
What the hell is the “Board of Peace”? Trump already dismantled the Institute of Peace early in his administration. So dumb and an obvious grift.
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As the first year of his second term wraps up, his Republican administration and allies have put his name on the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Kennedy Center performing arts venue and a new class of battleships that's yet to be built.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
As the first year of his second term wraps up, his Republican administration and allies have put his name on the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Kennedy Center performing arts venue and a new class of battleships that's yet to be built.
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The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on Monday, in its latest effort targeting agencies tied to foreign assistance work.
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM
The Trump administration fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization on Monday, in its latest effort targeting agencies tied to foreign assistance work.
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There is still a court case ongoing so whatever corrupt organization they created here is not the Institute of Peace…..
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Judge blocks Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts
A judge said that because the removal of the board by the administration was illegal, all subsequent actions are null and void, including the firing of the staff and the transfer of the headquarters t...
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January 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
There is still a court case ongoing so whatever corrupt organization they created here is not the Institute of Peace…..
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You kinda have to listen to this.
Episode of “On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti” detailing the hostile takeover of U.S. Institute For Peace, an independent NPO, by DOGE.
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Episode of “On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti” detailing the hostile takeover of U.S. Institute For Peace, an independent NPO, by DOGE.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
You kinda have to listen to this.
Episode of “On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti” detailing the hostile takeover of U.S. Institute For Peace, an independent NPO, by DOGE.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
Episode of “On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti” detailing the hostile takeover of U.S. Institute For Peace, an independent NPO, by DOGE.
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I’m not a very stable genius, but it seems to me that this week’s global destabilization of the First World order is solid evidence that the Trump “Institute of Peace” takeover is working out about as well as his many other failed ventures
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Trump is fighting the Institute of Peace in court. Now, his name is on the building
The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump, despite an ongoing fight over the institute's control.
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January 22, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I’m not a very stable genius, but it seems to me that this week’s global destabilization of the First World order is solid evidence that the Trump “Institute of Peace” takeover is working out about as well as his many other failed ventures
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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Can anyone explain what the $20 million for the U.S. Institute of Peace in FY26 appropriations will be funding?
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Can anyone explain what the $20 million for the U.S. Institute of Peace in FY26 appropriations will be funding?
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Executives are mostly cowards. Powell though is a professional who has my respect. The good people at the USIP who were cut down by DOGE as well. I hope that a better more just supreme court can reestablish the indepence of these organizations.
January 14, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Executives are mostly cowards. Powell though is a professional who has my respect. The good people at the USIP who were cut down by DOGE as well. I hope that a better more just supreme court can reestablish the indepence of these organizations.
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No - we are saying it’s another pillar that will fall due to lack of recognition and planning.
He couldn’t obliterate federal agencies, but did. He couldn’t steal the USIP building but did. He couldn’t take the Kennedy Center and slap his name on it but did. He can’t receive a 400mm jet but did.
He couldn’t obliterate federal agencies, but did. He couldn’t steal the USIP building but did. He couldn’t take the Kennedy Center and slap his name on it but did. He can’t receive a 400mm jet but did.
January 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
No - we are saying it’s another pillar that will fall due to lack of recognition and planning.
He couldn’t obliterate federal agencies, but did. He couldn’t steal the USIP building but did. He couldn’t take the Kennedy Center and slap his name on it but did. He can’t receive a 400mm jet but did.
He couldn’t obliterate federal agencies, but did. He couldn’t steal the USIP building but did. He couldn’t take the Kennedy Center and slap his name on it but did. He can’t receive a 400mm jet but did.
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"I would simply walk past ICE and vote" okay and what if they
USIP your polling place or roll up and abduct you, what then
USIP your polling place or roll up and abduct you, what then
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM
"I would simply walk past ICE and vote" okay and what if they
USIP your polling place or roll up and abduct you, what then
USIP your polling place or roll up and abduct you, what then
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Mandated by Congress?! As if that means anything to the Trump administration. Just ask USIP, the Wilson Center, and every other Congressionally mandated and funded institution or program that has been trashed.
📌URGENT: Trump's regime is trying to turn Stars & Stripes into state-run media.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
I was the ME of S&S.
It's MANDATED BY CONGRESS to be an editorially independent paper that reports ON the troops FOR the troops.
So I type this with precision: The draft-dodging, America-attacking slob can KISS MY ASS.
Pentagon says it will ‘refocus’ Stars and Stripes content
The Pentagon suggested it would take over editorial decision making for Stars and Stripes, which has long retained independence under a congressional mandate.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Mandated by Congress?! As if that means anything to the Trump administration. Just ask USIP, the Wilson Center, and every other Congressionally mandated and funded institution or program that has been trashed.
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Yep. The GOP will exact punishment and by the time a court rules against them (e.g. USIP) it’s done.
The Dems will spend two years gathering information in hearings or at best file an executive order on the last day of a lame duck presidency to be immediately reversed.
The Dems will spend two years gathering information in hearings or at best file an executive order on the last day of a lame duck presidency to be immediately reversed.
that the major corps are clearly vastly more worried about the right than the left in terms of enforcement is a problem we are going to have to rectify
January 8, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Yep. The GOP will exact punishment and by the time a court rules against them (e.g. USIP) it’s done.
The Dems will spend two years gathering information in hearings or at best file an executive order on the last day of a lame duck presidency to be immediately reversed.
The Dems will spend two years gathering information in hearings or at best file an executive order on the last day of a lame duck presidency to be immediately reversed.
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This is not the US decision.
It is the Trump administration decision.
It is hard to know at this point if this decision will be even more damaging and lethal than the USAID Trump/DOGE cuts and USIP destruction. However, we do know that it will be at least as immoral and unAmerican.
It is the Trump administration decision.
It is hard to know at this point if this decision will be even more damaging and lethal than the USAID Trump/DOGE cuts and USIP destruction. However, we do know that it will be at least as immoral and unAmerican.
UN: “Secretary-General Guterres regrets the announcement regarding the United States' decision to withdraw from a number of UN entities.
The United Nations has a responsibility to deliver for those who depend on us.
We will continue to carry out our mandates with determination.”
The United Nations has a responsibility to deliver for those who depend on us.
We will continue to carry out our mandates with determination.”
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 AM
This is not the US decision.
It is the Trump administration decision.
It is hard to know at this point if this decision will be even more damaging and lethal than the USAID Trump/DOGE cuts and USIP destruction. However, we do know that it will be at least as immoral and unAmerican.
It is the Trump administration decision.
It is hard to know at this point if this decision will be even more damaging and lethal than the USAID Trump/DOGE cuts and USIP destruction. However, we do know that it will be at least as immoral and unAmerican.
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It’s worth mentioning that this also comes after a year of the U.S. gutting support for the UN, sanctioning ICC judges, withdrawing from international agreements, collapsing international aid by breaking down USAID, and damaging any work for peace i.e. through USIP.
Colombian president Gustavo Petro has requested urgent meetings in the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) - only question is to what extent these multilatreal organizations even matter in a world where the US has shown no regard for the rules based international order.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
It’s worth mentioning that this also comes after a year of the U.S. gutting support for the UN, sanctioning ICC judges, withdrawing from international agreements, collapsing international aid by breaking down USAID, and damaging any work for peace i.e. through USIP.
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The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace declined to comment. 🙄
So much for “no new wars under Trump”
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 AM
The Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace declined to comment. 🙄
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Since Trump won the FIFA peace prize and rebranded “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace” a month ago, he has:
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
Trump brands himself around peace while threatening war.
The "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" and his FIFA peace prize arrived as Trump issues new threats and his "Department of War" touts its lethal strikes.
"Orwellian is about the nicest term I can come up with,” @coons.senate.gov told me.
The "Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace" and his FIFA peace prize arrived as Trump issues new threats and his "Department of War" touts its lethal strikes.
"Orwellian is about the nicest term I can come up with,” @coons.senate.gov told me.
Trump wants to be known as a peacemaker while frequently threatening war
The president talks frequently of his desire for more peace. He also likes talking like a warmonger.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Since Trump won the FIFA peace prize and rebranded “the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace” a month ago, he has:
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
• continued lethal strikes in the Caribbean
• bombed ISIS targets in Nigeria
• threatened Iran that U.S. is “locked and loaded”
• struck Venezuela and captured its leader
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Our “peace time president” has started an illegal land conflict with a sovereign nation.
Umm - feels like renaming the US Institute of Peace was completely unfounded, stupid, AND unconstitutional.
But … details.
Umm - feels like renaming the US Institute of Peace was completely unfounded, stupid, AND unconstitutional.
But … details.
U.S. Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration dismantled the agency
The nonpartisan independent agency's mission is to promote peace internationally and resolve violent conflicts globally. Most of its staff were let go in March.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Our “peace time president” has started an illegal land conflict with a sovereign nation.
Umm - feels like renaming the US Institute of Peace was completely unfounded, stupid, AND unconstitutional.
But … details.
Umm - feels like renaming the US Institute of Peace was completely unfounded, stupid, AND unconstitutional.
But … details.
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And it's still the US Institute of Peace.
It’s still the Kennedy Center
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
It’s still the Gulf of Mexico
It’s still the Department of Defense
It’s still Twitter
If you have any other Q’s feel free to ask us
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And it's still the US Institute of Peace.
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What the f-ck is the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace?
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What the f-ck is the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace?
The United States Institute of Peace has officially been named after President Donald Trump, with the egomaniac’s name now etched into the building.
"This morning, the State Department renamed ...
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December 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What the f-ck is the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace?
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#TrumpMustGo #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #AmericanFascistParty #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: "Brass Knuckes on an Authoritarian FIst"
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Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: ‘Brass Knuckles on an Authoritarian Fist’
George Foote, who served as the outside general counsel to the US Institute of Peace, said at WIRED’s Big Interview event that DOGE operatives arrived like a “strike team.”
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December 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Former USIP Lawyer on DOGE: "Brass Knuckes on an Authoritarian FIst"
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Renaming the Institute of Peace after Trump is absurd. Peace isn’t bombing countries, seizing oil, unleashing ICE raids, or ruling through fear. That’s not leadership, it’s authoritarianism. Dictators rename institutions after themselves. Democracies don’t.
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Renaming the Institute of Peace after Trump is absurd. Peace isn’t bombing countries, seizing oil, unleashing ICE raids, or ruling through fear. That’s not leadership, it’s authoritarianism. Dictators rename institutions after themselves. Democracies don’t.
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US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump despite legal battle — Renaming ‘adds insult to injury’ says lawyer for staff fired from non-profit thinktank by Trump administration.
On top of being on some kind of Christian crusade in Nigeria, but not with Putin.🤔
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On top of being on some kind of Christian crusade in Nigeria, but not with Putin.🤔
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
US Institute of Peace renamed for Trump despite legal battle — Renaming ‘adds insult to injury’ says lawyer for staff fired from non-profit thinktank by Trump administration.
On top of being on some kind of Christian crusade in Nigeria, but not with Putin.🤔
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
On top of being on some kind of Christian crusade in Nigeria, but not with Putin.🤔
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...