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Elon Musk took the stage at Davos in Switzerland and appeared to take a dig at Donald Trump’s controversial ‘Board of Peace’.
Trump has tried tos potlight his newly proposed Board of Peace on the World Economic Forum this week, but it surely’s been overshadowed by his threats to seize Greenland, after which by a dramatic retreat from that push.
Firstly of his speech, Musk told the group: ‘I heard in regards to the formation of the peace summit, and I used to be like, is that p‑i‑e‑c‑e?
‘You realize, slightly piece of Greenland, slightly piece of Venezuela. All we would like is peace.’
Attendees chuckled quietly on the joke before Musk quickly moved on to other subjects like tariffs and other issues.
Trump’s ‘board of peace’ was initially envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, but has morphed into something much more ambitious.
Scepticism about its membership and mandate has led some traditional US allies to not commit – including the UK.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country continues to be consulting with Moscow’s ‘strategic partners’ before deciding to commit.
Britain said they haven’t committed yet over concerns about potential Russian involvement within the plan, the Foreign Secretary has said.
Yvette Cooper said the UK would confer with allies the ‘different supportive role’ it could play within the Gaza peace process as she faced questions on the prospect of joining the group.
She told BBC Breakfast today: ‘There’s an enormous amount of work to do. We won’t be one of the signatories today, because that is a few legal treaty that raises much broader issues.
‘And we do even have concerns about President Putin being part of something which is talking about peace, when we now have still not seen any signs from Putin that there will likely be a commitment to peace in Ukraine.
‘And to be honest, that can also be what we needs to be talking about.’
Trump has called his project it ‘the Best and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, anyplace’.
The officials listed included US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Former UN special envoy Nickolay Mladenov was also named to the board, alongside billionaire Marc Rowan, World Bank President Ajay Banga, and US Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gabriel.
Trump previously said the board would come with former Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom he called a ‘good man’.
Other officials come from Bahrain, Morocco, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Uzebkistan and Mongolia.
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