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On Thursday, December 12, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump made a comment at the annual Congressional Ball — a traditional holiday event at the White House — claiming that European leaders see the United States’ role under his leadership as dominant on the world stage. In his remarks, Trump said something along the lines of: “The European nations are reporting that your president might as well be the leader of the European nations also. They listen to us, and they respect us like they’ve never respected us before.” He used this statement to boast about what he says are the international respect and influence the U.S. has gained under his administration, especially with Europe. He also claimed the U.S. had helped resolve several global conflicts and hinted that other countries seek U.S. diplomatic intervention even in Asia.

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00:00I think I can do it pretty quickly. I think we're scheduling a phone call tomorrow.
00:14For more than a century, the border between Thailand and Cambodia has been a fault line.
00:21Quiet at times, but always capable of shaking loose into conflict.
00:26In December, those simmering tensions boiled over once again, shattering a fragile peace deal and leaving soldiers and civilians dead on both sides.
00:39The roots of this conflict stretch back to the early 1900s, when French colonial authorities helped draw the borders of what is now Cambodia.
00:49Those lines left behind pockets of disputed land, none more emotive than the area surrounding an 11th century Hindu temple, which Cambodia attempted to register as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008.
01:06Thailand objected fiercely. Protests erupted, relations soured, and sporadic clashes began.
01:15Over the next decade and a half, bursts of gunfire and rocket attacks became grim signatures of another unresolved territorial feud.
01:25By the time December arrived, the ceasefire brokered in July, with help from US President Donald Trump and Malaysia, was already fragile.
01:37Skirmishers in May had killed a Cambodian soldier, and both sides had quietly increased troop numbers along the border.
01:45Then came Monday, 8 December, Thailand said Cambodian forces fired first into Thailand's Ubon Ratchathani province, killing a Thai soldier.
01:59Cambodia insisted the opposite, that Thai units attacked a position in Praia Vihar province, and that they did not return fire.
02:08What followed shattered any ambiguity.
02:12Thailand launched airstrikes. Cambodia accused Thailand of firing into civilian areas.
02:19The next day, Thailand said Cambodia used rockets and kamikaze drones, with some munitions landing near Thai civilians.
02:29Thailand responded with more airstrikes.
02:31By week's end, at least five Thai soldiers and seven Cambodian civilians were dead.
02:39Just months earlier, in July, a similar clash spiralled quickly out of control.
02:46Both sides exchanged heavy fire.
02:49Thailand accused Cambodia of launching rockets.
02:52Cambodia accused Thailand of provoking the fight.
02:56Nearly 50 people died, and thousands fled their homes.
03:00Only then did Trump step in, eventually guiding both leaders towards what he called the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accord.
03:10Thailand refused to use that name, preferring a more formal and less symbolic title.
03:16But both sides agreed to withdraw heavy weapons and welcome international observers.
03:22For a moment, it seemed a path to peace had been found.
03:26In November, Thailand abruptly paused the agreement.
03:30Prime Minister Anutin Chan Virukul said the security threat has not actually decreased,
03:37raising doubts about further troop withdrawals or prisoner releases.
03:42When December's fighting erupted, Thailand declared the ceasefire not working.
03:48Cambodia insisted it had only returned fire to respect the ceasefire.
03:53Trump urged both sides to uphold the agreement.
03:57But influence alone can't cool a border that has burnt for decades.
04:02I think I can do it pretty quickly.
04:04I think we're scheduling a phone call tomorrow.
04:07Mr. President?
04:09With Thailand.
04:09On the bench, Eric.
04:10With Thailand, if you, you know, just to answer, Steve.
04:14With Thailand and Cambodia, I think, I think I can get them to stop fighting.
04:21Who else can do that?
04:24Think of it.
04:25So late wars.
04:27Every once in a while, one will flame up again.
04:29I have to put out that little flame.
04:31I have to put it out, but we're going to put it out again.
04:33So I think I'm scheduled to speak to them tomorrow and see if I can.
04:36And it was unfortunate what happened.
04:40I mean, I know exactly what happened.
04:41It got it started a little bit, but we'll see if we can put it out.
04:47In the past, even severe flare-ups were contained quickly.
04:51But diplomats watching this crisis warn that political leadership in both countries may be too weak or too unwilling to pull back.
05:01For now, the situation feels as volatile as the disputed ground itself.
05:08Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries continues.
05:12But along the border, uncertainty hangs over every village, every patrol and every fragile hour of quiet.
05:31Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak or too weak or too weak or too weak.
05:34Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak or too weak.
05:35Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak or too weak.
05:37Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:39Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak or too weak.
05:41Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:42Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:43Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:44Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:46Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
05:47Far from the front lines, daily life in both countries may be too weak.
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