Board of Peace: Don’t Let It Succumb to Mission Creep

Jared Kushner had some good advice for attendees at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos: “Calm down.”

“I see people criticizing Israel, or Israel criticizing Turkey and Qatar,” the president’s son-in-law said at a ceremony celebrating the founding of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Kushner urged all parties to this organization to maintain some perspective and “work together” for the next month. “Everyone wants to live peacefully,” he claimed. “Let’s focus on the positive story, let’s calm down, turn a new chapter. If we believe peace can be possible, then peace is possible.”

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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Jared Kushner had some good advice for attendees at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos: “Calm down.”

“I see people criticizing Israel, or Israel criticizing Turkey and Qatar,” the president’s son-in-law said at a ceremony celebrating the founding of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. Kushner urged all parties to this organization to maintain some perspective and “work together” for the next month. “Everyone wants to live peacefully,” he claimed. “Let’s focus on the positive story, let’s calm down, turn a new chapter. If we believe peace can be possible, then peace is possible.”

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.