President Donald Trump leveraged trade with the United States to open up ceasefire negotiations on Saturday between Thailand and Cambodia over their territorial dispute.
Trump, who is in Scotland with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, took to Truth Social on Saturday to share the real-time play-by-play of how he brought the countries to the table to begin ceasefire negotiations, emphasizing his administration does not wish to negotiate trade with either country until fighting ends. It began with a phone call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, the president noted in an 11:28 a.m. (Eastern Time) post:
Just spoke to the Prime Minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the War with Thailand. I am calling the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, right now, to likewise request
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