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U.S. President Donald Trump is once again seeking to present himself as a global dealmaker, saying he has already ended six wars during his second term. The president made the claim Monday during a meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders, during which he also indicated he is working to bring a halt to the destructive war in Ukraine. “I’ve done six wars — I’ve ended six wars,” Trump said, adding that his efforts spanned from the Middle East to 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 White House issued a statement earlier this month that called Trump the “President of Peace,” in reference to deals or diplomatic gestures with Armenia and Azerbaijan, Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia and Serbia and Kosovo. It also pointed to the so-called Abraham Accords, signed during his first term, that normalized ties between Israel and several Arab countries.

For Trump, the messaging is as much a part of the process as the diplomacy itself. The president’s critics have accused him of overstating or merely postponing the victories, but his team is building a record that could bolster his long-standing bid to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

A Look at the Deals

Analysts point out that Trump’s victories have not always brought lasting solutions to the conflicts. The arrangements in some cases are akin to temporary ceasefires rather than permanent peace agreements. A case in point: Israel and Iran. After a brief but intense 12-day war, Trump announced he had brought peace. But the de facto truce has not been formalized and the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program is still in place.

Trump also has suffered reverses. He was unable to deliver a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas after a flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip and the high-profile diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his first term did not stem Pyongyang’s rapidly expanding nuclear and missile program.

Armenia-Azerbaijan and the “Trump Route”

One of Trump’s more recent interventions led to a declaration of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Signed at the White House earlier this month, the agreement commits the two countries to recognize each other’s borders and renounce the use of violence. It also approved a U.S.-backed transportation corridor known as the “Trump Route for Peace and Prosperity.”

The Azeri president, Ilham Aliyev, heaped praise on Trump. “President Trump, in six months, did a miracle,” Aliyev said. Analysts, however, note that the two sides have left constitutional and territorial questions for the future and the conflict is by no means over.

In Southeast Asia, Trump threatened to revoke trade agreements with Cambodia and Thailand to end a border fight that left at least 38 dead. Trump’s use of crude leverage, in conjunction with the efforts of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), worked to quell the fighting. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet went so far as to nominate Trump for the Nobel Prize, praising his efforts as “extraordinary statesmanship.”

Trump also jumped in to mediate an exchange of fire along the border between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in May, a region that has already been the site of three wars over the contested Kashmir region. Although the Pakistani side publicly acknowledged the role of Washington, India disavowed suggestions of U.S. mediation. The resulting truce appears to be a tenuous one, with the underlying territorial dispute still unresolved.

Shaky Progress in Africa

Trump also trumpeted a pact between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in which both countries agreed to recognize each other’s borders and allow the disarming of militia groups in their respective territories. The M23 rebel movement, however, at the center of the fighting, has rejected the agreement, and many observers believe Trump was simply tilting at Africa to compete with Chinese efforts to gain access to the continent’s mineral resources.

The president’s mention of Egypt and Ethiopia appears to be about a long-running dispute over an enormous dam project on the Nile River. Trump has sought to press the two countries toward a compromise, but so far there is no formal accord.

The White House also lauds Trump’s earlier efforts to prod Serbia and Kosovo to normalize economic relations. Although some progress has been made on this front during Trump’s second term, the two countries remain diplomatically estranged and much of the recent movement is in response to European Union guidance.

Campaigning on Peace

The president’s claim that he is bringing an end to wars underscores both his unorthodox approach to diplomacy and his well-known tendency to exaggerate. His critics also say that shrinking the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development undercuts his ability to build on ceasefires to achieve more lasting peace.

Still, even many Trump skeptics give him some credit for his hands-on efforts when they have worked. “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 now with the Center for a New American Security. “Those were examples of where the U.S. took the lead, made a real difference and should be commended for that.”

The question of whether Trump’s more recent efforts, particularly on Ukraine, will stand the test of time is not clear. His record to date includes a mixture of high-impact interventions, symbolic branding and unfinished business. The legacy of peace remains in doubt.