At least five world leaders are supporting Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Benjamin Netanyahu nominates President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize
President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House.
Is the Nobel Peace Prize the path to President Donald Trump’s heart? That’s what some world leaders think.
It started in Pakistan. Israel and Cambodia followed. And now, on August 8, following Trump’s “peace summit” that brings together Armenia and Azerbaijani leaders to end decades of conflict, the two former Soviet countries have pledged to write a joint nomination to the Nobel Commission.
Trump has long been eager to the Nobel Peace Prize, and his friends, including lawmakers, have nominated him for honor multiple times. He also laughed at former President Barack Obama. He won the award for a year in his first term in 2009, saying he didn’t know “what he got for.”
A reporter asked if he had any “thoughts on the story of President Trump, who won the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Sitting next to Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev continued to propose a “joint appeal” to the Norway-based Nobel Peace Prize Commission.
“It really means a lot because I have this historic signature here as the leader of a country that has been at war for over 30 years,” Aliyev said.
“This was a concrete result of President Trump’s leadership and no one would have achieved that,” Aliyev added.
Pashinyan then jokingly asked Trump if there was a draft of a nomination that was available so he could sign right there. Aliyev joined in immediately and said he would sign too.
What was the only thing the leader wanted in return? An invitation to the ceremony.
“You’re in the front row,” Trump promised.
Minutes later, reporters asked Trump if it was October 10th, when the Norwegian Commission was scheduled to make a presentation.
“I can’t say it,” Trump replied, adding, “No matter what I do, they won’t give it.”
“I’m not political,” Trump said. “I have a lot of people.”
In June, shortly after Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munier met with Trump in the wake of a four-day India-Pakistan conflict, the Pakistan government announced that he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Prize “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” during the conflict.
India did not believe Trump was playing a role in the ceasefire.
In July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Trump during his White House visit and presented a letter saying he had sent him to the Nobel Committee, which he nominated for the award.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Mane announced on August 7 that he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, paying direct attention to launching and pushing a ceasefire between Cambodian and Thai forces to stop the border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy is a White House correspondent for USA Today. x You can follow her at @swapnavenugopal
