The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

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The Thai government on Saturday disputed President Trump’s announcement that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed to a cease-fire, as its prime minister pledged to continue military action and the standoff between the two countries intensified.

There was confusion overnight in Thailand and Cambodia after Mr. Trump said on Friday that both sides had agreed to a cease-fire “effective this evening,” hours after the Thai prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, told reporters that he had laid out his government’s position to Mr. Trump. But Mr. Anutin did not mention a cease-fire, and Thailand’s foreign ministry later confirmed that there was no such truce.

“Thailand will continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people,” Mr. Anutin said in a Facebook post on Saturday. “I want to make it clear.”

Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Manet, said he had spoken with Mr. Trump “to find ways to have a cease-fire” and return to the peace deal that was brokered by the president in October in Malaysia. He did not say that a cease-fire had been reached.

The statements from both Thailand and Cambodia indicate that any halt in the fighting, which has entered its sixth day, is not imminent. The clashes this week have killed at least 20 people and displaced more than half a million.

Thailand Rejects Trump’s Claim That It Reached a Cease-Fire With Cambodia