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President Donald Trump is once again trying to brandish himself as a global dealmaker, this time saying he has already ended six wars as he begins his second term. The claim came Monday during a meeting at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders, where Trump also hinted that he was on track to solve the long-running and destructive conflict in Ukraine.

“I’ve done six wars — I’ve ended six wars,” Trump said, adding that his efforts spanned the Middle East, 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 released a statement touting Trump as the “President of Peace,” pointing to diplomatic agreements or moves 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 looked back to the Abraham Accords from Trump’s first term, under which Israel and a number of Arab states normalized ties.

Trump has long stressed his efforts to broker peace as a key part of his presidency, and the public branding of them is almost as important as the diplomacy itself. Critics of the president will argue that such victories are overstated or temporary, but his team clearly is at work cultivating a record that could support his long-running campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump’s team is also banking on the fact that foreign policy experts are careful to point out that his victories are not necessarily permanent solutions. In some cases, the agreements reached resemble stop-gap ceasefires more than full peace treaties. The most glaring example of that is the case of Israel and Iran. After a short but intense 12-day conflict between the two, Trump claimed to have established peace between the two. But the truce remains informal and tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program rages on.

Trump has also taken several steps backwards. His efforts to broker a lasting peace between Israel and Hamas fell apart with a new round of fighting in the Gaza Strip, and his public courting of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in his first term failed to halt the growth of Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.

One of Trump’s more recent victories was a declaration of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Signed at the White House earlier this month, the agreement requires the two countries to recognize each other’s borders and renounce violence. Trump also announced a U.S.-backed transportation corridor between the two countries, the so-called “Trump Route for Peace and Prosperity.”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev lauded the deal at the White House, declaring that “President Trump, in six months, did a miracle.” Analysts are more circumspect, pointing to several constitutional and territorial disputes that are far from resolved in the conflict.

Pressure Diplomacy in Southeast Asia and South Asia

In Southeast Asia, Trump upped the ante, threatening to suspend trade deals with both Cambodia and Thailand to end a border clash that had left at least 38 people dead. A combination of Trump’s blunt leverage and diplomacy from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) worked to end the violence, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet even nominating Trump for the Nobel Prize and describing it as “extraordinary statesmanship.”

Trump also entered the fray on a flare-up between India and Pakistan in May, a part of the world that has already seen three wars fought over the contested region of Kashmir. While Pakistan publicly credited Washington with the mediation, India rebuffed claims that the U.S. played a role. The agreement itself is also far from permanent, with the underlying territorial dispute still not addressed.

Precarious Steps in Africa

Trump also pointed to a deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which centers on mutual border recognition and efforts to disarm militia groups. But the M23 rebel movement that drove the fighting, especially, has rejected the deal, and many see it as a move in the broader U.S. competition with China for mineral wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The president’s mention of Egypt and Ethiopia is connected to a long-running dispute over a large dam on the Nile. While Trump has pushed both countries to compromise, no binding agreement has been announced.

The White House also flagged Trump’s earlier role in encouraging economic normalization between Serbia and Kosovo, though the two sides remain divided diplomatically and most of the recent progress has been made under the tutelage of the European Union.

Trump’s claim that he is ending wars certainly points to his unconventional diplomatic style, as well as his tendency to overstate the nature of results. Critics will point to his moves to cut the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as undercutting his ability to turn ceasefires into lasting peace.

But even some of Trump’s skeptics will admit that his willingness to personally get involved in some cases has produced results, at least on a temporary basis. “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.

It remains to be seen whether Trump’s latest efforts, especially on Ukraine, will prove durable. His record so far is a mix of bold interventions, public branding and unfinished business — meaning his legacy may end up being one of fleeting political victories more than lasting peace.