Back in 2018, two Norwegian lawmakers nominated Donald Trump for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. Needless to say, it was played for laughs. But then the nominations kept rolling in.
His lowering of tensions with North Korea earned Trump his first and second nominations, while the 2020 Abraham Accords earned him two more. Another in 2021, two in 2024 and this year, they’re simply flooding in. It’s high time Oslo—and the D.C. hecklers—take the idea more seriously.
Maybe the June Iran-Israel ceasefire will stick; maybe it won’t. Things will be clearer in October when this year’s Nobel Prizes are announced. While Trump’s leadership style and policies have divided international opinion, his advancement of global peace through bold diplomacy, economic leverage and strategic restraint builds a strong case. He certainly has a more compelling argument than anyone else stumbling across the world stage.
The historical precedent for a Trump Nobel Peace Prize is well established. Americans have garnered far more Peace Prizes than any other nationality, with four presidents taking the honor. Barack Obama won despite accomplishing nothing in particular; he’d only been president for a little over eight months at the time.
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