Israel’s Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
At White House dinner, Israeli prime minister praises Trump for promoting peace efforts in multiple regions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump he nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, using a visit to the White House to further cement the pair’s relationship as the US presses for a ceasefire in Gaza.
“He’s forging peace as we speak,” Netanyahu told reporters at the start of a dinner with Trump and other top officials on Monday. “In one country and one region after the other. So I want to present to you, Mr President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize Committee. It’s nominating you for the Peace Prize, which is well deserved, and you should get it.”
“Coming from you in particular, this is very meaningful,” Trump said.
Netanyahu is not the first foreign leader to nominate Trump, who has long coveted a Nobel. Last month, Pakistan said it would nominate Trump for the prize, underscoring how foreign leaders understand the best way to get what they want from the US president is to shower him with praise.
Trump has long expressed irritation about the fact that his first-term predecessor, Barack Obama, won the Nobel Prize in 2009 – a controversial decision that came before Obama surged US troops in Afghanistan.