President Trump is expected to speak with Thailand’s prime minister on Friday, as he seeks burnish his self-styled image as a peacemaker by intervening in a border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia that entered its fifth day.

President Donald Trump says Thai and Cambodian leaders have agreed to renew a truce after days of deadly clashes.

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul looks set to tap burgeoning nationalism over a border conflict with Cambodia to boost his appeal in a general election stemming from his dissolution of parliament after less than 100 days in power.

Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of displaced people in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters.

Fighting continued to rage Saturday morning along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, even after U.S. President Donald Trump, acting as a mediator, declared that he had won

A fierce border battle between Thailand and Cambodia raged for a second day and spread to new fronts on Tuesday, as both countries accused each other of shelling civilian areas and Bangkok vowed to push on with its planned military operations.

The widening scope of the conflict between the two neighbors presents a challenge to President Trump’s tariff diplomacy, which he has brandished as a peacemaking tool.

President Trump helped end a simmering conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in the summer, but the ceasefire didn't last long.

Thailand and Cambodia have resumed fighting over disputed territory, just months after agreeing to a ceasefire

By calling a snap election while the military is fighting Cambodia in the name of defending Thai sovereignty, Anutin could capitalise on patriotic sentiment. His steadfast support for the military could also earn him powerful allies among royalist generals with far-reaching political influence.