President Donald Trump said he has ended seven wars, adding one to his previous claim he ended six wars in six months.

At a press conference on Sept. 3 with Poland's president, Trump was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein controversy, which is seeing renewed energy with the lawmakers returning to the hill after summer break.

"What they're trying to do with the Epstein hoax is get people to talk about that instead of speaking about the tremendous success, like ending seven wars. I ended seven wars," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Trump has previously claimed he ended six wars in his six months in office, despite the U.S. only being involved in five ceasefires or peace agreements as of August. What are the seven wars he is talking about? Here is what to know:

What 7 wars did Trump end?

Since Trump took office in January, the United States has been involved in five ceasefires or peace agreements, though not all parties involved credit the U.S. for the agreements. Those include:

  • Armenia and Azerbaijan - The two former Soviet republics and Trump signed a peace agreement at the White House on Aug. 8, ending a decades-long war. The leaders of the countries gave Trump ample praise for his efforts at the ceremony.
  • Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda - Trump announced a treaty between the African nations in a June 20 social media post, crediting Secretary of State Marco Rubio for helping to bring them together.
  • Iran and Israel - Trump announced on June 23 a ceasefire between the two countries after the U.S. joined Israel in bombing Iranian nuclear sites.
  • India and Pakistan - Trump announced the neighboring countries, both armed with nuclear weapons, had reached a ceasefire in May with U.S.-led talks after an intensifying military confrontation. However, India did not credit the U.S. with brokering the halt in fighting.
  • Cambodia and Thailand - Leaders of the two countries agreed to a ceasefire on July 28 after five deadly days of fighting, Reuters reported. Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.

Trump's seven wars figure also refers to two conflicts mostly based in his first term.

That includes Ethiopia and Egypt, where there has neither been a war nor a peace agreement between the countries, according to Axios. Trump dealt with a dispute between the two countries in his first term as they were feuding over a huge hydropower dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egypt and Sudan have expressed concern that water flow to their part of the Nile River would be impacted, USA TODAY previously reported.Trump mentioned the countries in a July meeting with the NATO Secretary General where he rattled off other examples of settling wars. "We worked on Egypt with a next-door neighbor who is a good neighbor," he said. "They're friends of mine, but they happened to build a dam, which closed up water going into a thing called the Nile. I think if I'm Egypt, I want to have water in the Nile and we're working on that."

The other cited by the White House is Serbia and Kosovo. In September 2020, Trump announced Serbia and Kosovo agreed to economic normalization. But Reuters reported the tense relations persist five years later. Serbia considers Kosovo part of its territory, long after Kosovo declared independence in 2008. Kosovo's president in July said Trump prevented further escalation, but the Serbian president denied that escalation was imminent, according to Reuters. No peace deal has been signed.

Trump meets with Poland President Karol Nawrocki

Trump welcomed Poland's nationalist conservative President Karol Nawrocki with a military flyover in honor of a fallen Polish army pilot.

Poland, which borders Ukraine, is seeking assurance for support due to the ongoing war with Russia, according to Reuters. Trump said he would keep American troops in Poland, and added, "we'll put more there if they want."

This is Nawrocki's second visit to the White House, the first in May when Trump backed the Polish then-candidate in the election.

Trump said at the press conference he planned to speak with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the coming days.

Contributing: Reuters; USA TODAY's Joey Garrison, Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, Bart Jansen, Zac Anderson, Francesca Chambers, Josh Meyer, Kim Hjelmgaard

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at kcrowley@gannett.com. Follow her on X and TikTok @kinseycrowley or Bluesky at @kinseycrowley.bsky.social.

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