President Donald Trump is facing the first breakdown of one of his coveted peace deals, after Rwandan -backed rebels walked away from peace talks and launched a new offensive in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Trump previously vowed to impose severe consequences on any party that violates the peace agreement, but hasn’t followed through on his threat as of early Wednesday afternoon.

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The Trump administration has hailed the president’s peacemaking work to resolve the long-running conflict between Rwanda and the DRC as

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