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Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

&NewLine;<p>For all of his major accomplishments&comma; there has been one honor he has desired that has eluded President Donald J&period; Trump – a Nobel Peace Prize&period; But they may all change&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to reports&comma; Trump was formally nominated for the coveted Peace Prize for his efforts in securing the Israel-Iran ceasefire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee&comma; Rep&period; Buddy Carter &lpar;R-Ga&period;&rpar; recommended Trump for the prize &&num;8220&semi;in recognition of his extraordinary and historic role in brokering an end to the armed conflict&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;President Trump’s influence was instrumental in forging a swift agreement that many believed to be impossible&comma;” added Carter&comma; who has represented the Peach State’s Savannah-based 1st District since 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His leadership at this moment exemplifies the very ideals that the Nobel Peace Prize seeks to recognize&colon; the pursuit of peace&comma; the prevention of war&comma; and the advancement of international harmony&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In a region plagued by historical animosity and political volatility&comma; such a breakthrough demands both courage and clarity&period; President Trump demonstrated both&comma; offering the world a rare glimpse of hope&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On Monday evening&comma; the President announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel — and proposed naming the conflict the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;12 Day War” — just two days after ordering an unprecedented US attack on three Iranian nuclear sites in support of Israeli strikes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Members of national parliaments&comma; university professors&comma; and others can submit nominations for the award&comma; though Trump has made clear he doesn’t expect to win it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I won’t get a&nbsp&semi;Nobel&nbsp&semi;Peace&nbsp&semi;Prize&nbsp&semi;no matter what I do&comma;”&nbsp&semi;Trump wrote on Truth Social after his administration helped broker a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this&comma; I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan&comma; I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In remarks to reporters&comma; Trump noted the Abraham Accords of 2020&comma; in which his administration brokered diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab nations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I should have gotten it four or five times… They won’t give me a Nobel Peace Prize because they only give it to liberals&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Three sitting presidents&comma; including Republican Teddy Roosevelt&comma; who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for brokering a peace deal between Russia and Japan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The other two commanders-in-chief to win the prize were Democrats Woodrow Wilson &lpar;1919&rpar; and Barack Obama &lpar;2009&rpar;&comma; with the latter receiving the&nbsp&semi;award fewer&nbsp&semi;than nine months after he took office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Obama&&num;8217&semi;s award drew criticism — including from Trump and fellow Republicans — as he presided over expansive US drone warfare&comma; provided arms for bloody extremist-led rebellions in Libya and Syria&comma; and supported a &dollar;1 trillion plan to rebuild the US nuclear arsenal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Former President Jimmy Carter was honored in 2002 for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts&comma;” and former Vice President Al Gore scooped the prize in 2007 for popularizing public concern about climate change&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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