Former US President Donald Trump has received another boost in his long-standing dream of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. During a recent visit to the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Trump with an official letter nominating him for the award.
Netanyahu praised Trump’s efforts in helping bring peace to different regions, saying he is “forging peace as we speak.”
This is not Trump’s first nomination. Over the years, both US lawmakers and international supporters have put his name forward for the Nobel Peace Prize. Still, the prestigious award has remained out of reach. Trump has often said that his role in solving global conflicts has been ignored by the Nobel Committee.
On social media, Trump has voiced his frustration. He recently posted that he would never receive the prize, even though he claimed to have helped stop conflicts between countries like India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, and Egypt and Ethiopia. He called these moments “great days for the world.”
But many of these claims are either disputed or short-lived.
Some of Trump’s statements have also been challenged directly. For example, he once said that an escalating military conflict between India and Pakistan ended after US mediation.
But India has denied this. New Delhi said no third-party talks had taken place and that the matter was handled by the two countries directly.
There are also ongoing conflicts that cast doubt on Trump’s peace record. The wars between Russia and Ukraine, and between Israel and Hamas, have continued despite short pauses. Trump often says these wars wouldn’t have started if he were still in office. But he also supported Israel during a 12-day war against Iran, even helping to carry out strikes on Tehran’s nuclear targets.
Trump has taken credit for the Abraham Accords — agreements meant to normalise ties between Israel and Arab nations. That effort is one of his strongest arguments for a Nobel.
But whether the committee agrees is still uncertain.
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