State Department Moves $1.25 Billion to Trump’s Board of Peace
The book “The New Economics of Technocracy: You Will Own Nothing” argues this is the scam of the century and lays out why the structure matters. Trump founded the Board of Peace as a private citizen, not as the President of the United States, then signed an Executive Order declaring it a “Public International Organization” under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945. That designation changes how the entity operates on paper and under U.S. law.
immunity from lawsuits and the judicial process, immunity from search and seizure, tax exemption, and personal immunity are the legal protections tied to that status. Those are not small technicalities; they shift who can challenge actions and how funds are scrutinized. For critics, the protections raise real questions about transparency and oversight.
As President, he had no legal basis to pledge $10 billion for the Board of Peace in the first place. This $1.25 billion is not part of the $10 billion, but the Board of Peace needs operating capital to proceed with establishing a Technocracy in Gaza. The funding move has now become a flashpoint between competing priorities.
The State Department has drawn on funds for international disasters and peacekeeping to transfer $1.25 billion to President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, a person familiar with the funding said. That transfer repurposes funds originally slated for different global needs. The shift prompted immediate pushback from lawmakers worried about domestic consequences.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., will introduce legislation Thursday that would redirect $1 billion of that money to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. The bill arrives as energy prices rise amid the war in Iran, a context critics are using to press for more domestic relief. Expect the floor debate to be loud and partisan.
“Instead of giving President Trump a $1 billion blank check to fund a ‘Board of Peace’ that has offered no transparency about how it is investing its money, let’s focus on helping American families afford their monthly power bill,” Cortez Masto said.
Her accusation frames the transfer as a partisan giveaway while calling for immediate help for households struggling with bills. Republicans will argue the Board aims to mobilize private capital and coordination to rebuild Gaza efficiently. Democrats frame the same move as a diversion from pressing domestic needs.
The U.S. had previously pledged $1.25 billion to the president’s new international organization, which Trump says will rebuild Gaza. The announcement tied to reconstruction plans has helped sell the initiative to some international partners and donors. Skeptics, however, point to governance and oversight gaps.
Of the State Department money, officials pulled $1 billion from international disaster assistance; $200 million from peacekeeping operations; and $50 million from international organizations and programs, the person familiar with the funding said. That accounting shows the funding came from multiple buckets rather than a single new appropriation. The mix explains why lawmakers on both sides are raising alarms.
Trump has said the US will give $10 billion to the board in total. Supporters frame that pledge as a bold commitment to rebuild and stabilize a troubled region, arguing private-public partnerships can move faster than traditional aid. Opponents see the pledge as vague and ripe for abuse without clear guardrails.
“We have nothing to announce at this time,” a State Department spokesperson said.
That terse response did little to calm debate or answer questions about when and how funds would be deployed. The White House did not return a request for comment, leaving the story to play out in hearings and press rounds. Expect oversight fights and policy skirmishes in the coming weeks as Congress sorts through competing priorities.