President Donald Trump is championing himself as an expert in conflict resolution after helping successfully negotiate peace between Thailand and Cambodia. The president boasted about his accomplishment Monday while speaking to reporters in Scotland alongside U.

The truce, which was signed in Malaysia, was supposed to come into force at midnight, bringing an end to cross-border clashes that have killed at least 41 people and displaced thousands. View on euron

A fierce border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand has escalated, resulting in significant casualties and displacement. International concern has grown, prompting intervention from US President Donald Trump,

The deadly conflict on the Thai-Cambodian border pits a longtime United States ally with decades of experience against a relatively young armed force with close ties to China.

"The U.S. already flunked the test and that should be a wakeup call," a former senior U.S. State Department official told Newsweek.