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Donald Trump is again attempting to cast himself as a global dealmaker, claiming he has already brought an end to six wars during his second term. The assertion was made Monday at a meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a number of European leaders. At the event, Trump also claimed that he is on the verge of a peace deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.

“I’ve done six wars — I’ve ended six wars,” Trump said, adding that he had intervened in conflicts in the Middle East, Africa and parts of Asia. “Look, India-Pakistan, we’re talking about big places. You just take a look at some of these wars. You go to Africa and take a look at them.”

The “President of Peace” Campaign

The White House released a statement this month proclaiming Trump as the “President of Peace.” The document cited agreements or diplomatic actions involving Armenia and Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia and Serbia and Kosovo. It also touted the Abraham Accords, which Trump brokered during his first term to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab countries.

The public branding is as important to Trump as the diplomacy itself. Critics charge that the victories are overstated or temporary at best, but his team is clearly building a record that could one day bolster his decades-long campaign to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ceasefires or Real Peace?

Foreign policy experts point out that not all of Trump’s successes are permanent fixes. In several cases, the agreements are more like temporary ceasefires than actual peace treaties. The most notable example is the situation between Israel and Iran. After a 12-day war that Trump said was the “most violent in history,” he proclaimed that he had achieved peace. The truce is informal at best, and the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program is far from settled.

Trump has also had some well-publicized failures. He tried to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, but he relented after renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip. His efforts to establish ties with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in his first term also failed to slow that country’s nuclear development.

Armenia-Azerbaijan and the “Trump Route”

Trump’s most recent effort was a peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The deal, which was signed at the White House earlier this month, calls on the two countries to recognize borders and renounce violence. It also outlined a U.S.-supported transportation corridor known as the “Trump Route for Peace and Prosperity.”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev thanked Trump and called the deal “a miracle,” adding, “In six months, president Trump did a miracle.” Analysts have warned that constitutional and territorial issues remain unresolved in the dispute.

Pressure Diplomacy in Southeast Asia and South Asia

In Southeast Asia, Trump threatened to suspend trade agreements with both Cambodia and Thailand to end a border conflict that had killed at least 38 people. His heavy-handed leverage, combined with efforts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), proved successful in stopping the bloodshed. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet even nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize, describing it as “extraordinary statesmanship.”

In a similar situation, Trump acted as an interlocutor between India and Pakistan after a flare-up on their border in May. India and Pakistan have fought three wars over Kashmir in less than a century. Pakistan praised Washington’s intervention, but India shot down the idea that the U.S. had helped mediate. The deal is tenuous, and the underlying territorial dispute remains to be settled.

Trump also promoted a deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo that would recognize borders and disarm militia groups. The M23 rebel movement at the heart of the conflict has already rejected the agreement, and many view it as part of a broader U.S. attempt to counter Chinese influence in the region’s mineral wealth.

The president’s mention of Egypt and Ethiopia referred to their long-running dispute over a large dam on the Nile. Trump has advocated a compromise solution, but no binding pact has been signed.

The White House also pointed to Trump’s earlier efforts to prod economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo. While the two countries have made some progress on trade, they are still at odds diplomatically and much of the work has been done under the aegis of the European Union.

Campaigning on Peace

Trump’s claim that he is ending wars is both a reflection of his offbeat diplomatic style and his tendency to exaggerate his success. Critics also argue that cuts to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development have left him with a skeleton crew that is less able to turn ceasefires into lasting agreements.

Trump’s critics are also deeply skeptical of the claim that his intervention has ended wars. But even some of those skeptics have praised his direct intervention as occasionally being effective. “The ones that were helpful, especially India-Pakistan, were conducted in a professional way, quietly, diplomatically … laying the ground and finding common ground between the parties,” said Celeste Wallander, a former Pentagon official who is now with the Center for a New American Security.

Trump’s latest efforts, particularly with respect to Ukraine, will be the true test of whether this approach can be a durable one. So far, his record is a mixed bag of bold interventions, symbolic branding and unfinished business, leaving open the question of whether he will leave a legacy of lasting peace or mere political victories.