What did Donald Trump do today?

He awarded himself a peace prize while taking credit for ending a war that's still going on.

Trump hosted leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda today, to celebrate a "peace accord" signed at the White House. Trump claims this as one of an ever-changing number of "wars" he's "ended." For the most part, when he's been able to articulate which wars he's referring to, they have been long-running brushfire conflicts that, almost without exception, continue to burn in spite of Rose Garden ceremonies in which Trump declares himself a peacemaker.

That was the case for today's "peace" announcement, with the same sporadic fighting continuing even as the countries' leaders signed a document for the cameras.

It wasn't the only "peace" news related to Trump today, as news broke that he's literally, physically slapped his name on the building that houses the U.S. Institute of Peace. The USIP is an independent agency that Trump appointed a white supremacist to lead while illegally seizing the building earlier this year. 

Trump, who has effectively switched the United States' side in the Russia-Ukraine war and is threatening to start a war in Venezuela, has spent a great deal of time and energy this year in a failed attempt to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. 

Why does this matter?

• Giving yourself prizes for pretend accomplishments is pathetic in anyone and especially in the President of the United States.