WASHINGTON — President Trump’s ambitious international “Board of Peace” could be his next act after leaving office — a post-presidency mission to lock in a global legacy as a conflict-ender, according to US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Post, Huckabee said Trump has no intention of slowing down after 2028 and could continue his involvement in the new international project after leaving office, extending his personal commitment to peacemaking and shaping world affairs beyond the White House.
“Anybody that knows him knows this is not a guy he’s ever going to retire,” Huckabee said. “He’s not going to sit on a rocking chair on a front porch and just play golf once a week. He’s incapable of settling down like that.”
Instead, Huckabee suggested, Trump’s emerging Board of Peace — an effort to bring together world leaders and power brokers to resolve conflicts — could evolve into a long-term personal project once he leaves office.
Trump already named himself chairman of the board indefinitely. He told The Post during a wide-ranging interview in January that he’d like the Board of Peace to be headquartered in Washington.
“This very well may be his next project in life when he leaves office, because he really does want to see a legacy of peacemaking,” Huckabee said.
Reflecting on Trump’s influence on peace efforts throughout the world, the former pastor recalled one of the Bible’s nine Beatitudes from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
“There’s a scripture in the New Testament that says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers.’ And unfortunately, a lot of people think that means, ‘Blessed are the peace-lovers,‘” Huckabee said. “Well, everybody loves peace, but the people who love peace don’t necessarily make it.”
“You can give the peace sign, and you can wear symbols, and you get a tattoo on your arm saying, I love peace. That doesn’t make peace,” he added.
On the other hand, Huckabee said Trump “wants to be a peace maker.”
The ambassador credited Trump with ending or de-escalating multiple international conflicts through direct, unconventional diplomacy, arguing that the president sees himself not as a passive advocate for calm but as an active enforcer of stability.
The ambassador said Trump’s energy, willingness to break diplomatic norms and focus on concrete outcomes are reshaping how the US approaches global conflicts — from Eastern Europe to the Middle East.
“All of this is happening because you have a man of vision, inexhaustible energy, who is willing to do the most unconventional things in politics and diplomacy,” Huckabee said. “And it’s working.”
