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President Donald Trump is rebranding himself as a global dealmaker. He announced this month that he had already ended six wars during his second term in office. The declaration was made Monday at the White House during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders. During that same meeting Trump also suggested that he was close to ending the disastrous conflict in Ukraine.

“I’ve done six wars — I’ve ended six wars,” Trump said, later adding that his interventions stretched across the Middle East, into 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 this month issued a statement labeling Trump the “President of Peace” and listing accords 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 pointed back to the Abraham Accords signed in his first term normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab states.

The optics have been as important as the actual diplomacy for Trump. His critics have described the victories as overstated or temporary, but his team clearly is trying to create a record that could bolster his long-running effort to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ceasefires or Real Peace?

Foreign policy experts are also noting that Trump’s victories have not been permanent. In some cases the agreements have been more like tenuous ceasefires than full-fledged peace treaties. The most prominent example is that of Israel and Iran. In what was a short but intense 12-day conflict, Trump claimed to have created a peace. The truce is so far informal, however, and the fight over Tehran’s nuclear program continues.

Trump has also suffered stumbles. His effort to bring about peace between Israel and Hamas collapsed after a fresh round of violence in Gaza. And his effort during his first term to reach out to North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un ultimately failed to slow Pyongyang’s nuclear arms buildup.

Armenia-Azerbaijan and the “Trump Route”

One of the newest accords is a peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The agreement, reached during talks at the White House earlier this month, will see the two countries recognize borders and renounce violence. The deal also called for a U.S.-backed transportation corridor known as the “Trump Route for Peace and Prosperity.”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev applauded the deal, stating that “President Trump, in six months, did a miracle.” Analysts have said the conflict is far from over, however, since a number of constitutional and territorial issues remain unsettled.

Pressure Diplomacy in Southeast Asia and South Asia

In Southeast Asia, Trump threatened to suspend trade deals with both Cambodia and Thailand to bring an end to a border clash that left at least 38 people dead. The blunt use of leverage, along with efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), succeeded in halting the fighting. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet even nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize, describing it as “extraordinary statesmanship.”

In a similar case, Trump jumped in to broker an end to a border flare-up between India and Pakistan in May. The area has already seen three wars fought over the territory of Kashmir. Pakistan was public in its praise of Washington, but India has rejected the idea that the U.S. played a mediating role. The agreement so far is fragile, with the larger territorial dispute still to be settled.

Fragile Progress in Africa

Trump also took credit for a deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the two of which agreed to recognize borders and disarm militia groups. The M23 rebel movement, at the center of the conflict, has spurned the accord, and observers see the move as also part of a broader U.S. effort to counter China for access to the mineral wealth in the region.

The president’s mention of Egypt and Ethiopia concerned a long-running dispute over the construction of a massive dam project on the Nile. Trump has pressed both sides to compromise, but no legally binding agreement has been reached.

Kosovo, Serbia and Past Initiatives

The White House also mentioned an earlier effort by Trump to encourage economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo. The two countries remain diplomatically at odds, however, and much of the recent progress has been under European Union tutelage.

Trump’s boast that he is ending wars is both a reflection of his unconventional diplomatic style and his penchant for exaggerating results. The critics have said reducing the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development have undercut his ability to turn ceasefires into peace.

At the same time even skeptics have said Trump’s hands-on approach has occasionally paid dividends. “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.

Whether Trump’s latest efforts, especially on Ukraine, will prove durable is to be seen. The record so far is a mix of bold interventions, symbolic branding, and unfinished business, which leaves open the question of whether Trump’s legacy will be one of durable peace or ephemeral political triumphs.