Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) stated on Monday he’s nominating President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Today I will nominate @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Issa wrote in a submit on X. “No one deserves it more.”
Issa didn’t specify in his submit why he was nominating the president.
In a subsequent assertion, nevertheless, Issa’s spokesperson pointed to Trump’s peace efforts within the Center East.
“Congressman Issa recently led a Codel [Congressional delegation] to four Middle East nations – he observed first-hand and from several heads of state that the spirit of peace and moving away from conflict is real and multilateral,” Jonathan Wilcox, Issa’s deputy chief of employees and communications director, stated in a press release to The Hill.
“From the time of his election and after being sworn in, President Trump has inspired and promoted the cause of peace – and in a way we have not heard in many years,” Wilcox continued.
“His advocacy is an aspiration of a world without war, and we are seeing this come into focus in several regions of the world today – not just one,” he added.
The announcement comes as Trump has reset U.S. coverage across the Ukraine struggle, ramping up stress on Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky whereas thawing relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize a number of instances prior to now however has by no means gained the coveted prize.
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) stated in January 2024 that she nominated Trump for his function in brokering the historic Abraham Accords throughout his first time period.
Some observers have speculated that Trump’s push for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is, partially, so he might get one other probability on the Nobel Peace Prize.
Simply this previous weekend, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Trump’s strategy to brokering a deal between Russia and Ukraine, saying, “If this was a Democrat that was doing this, everyone would be saying, ‘Well, he’s on his way to the Nobel Peace Prize.’”
In February 2019, Trump claimed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve a peace settlement with North Korea.
