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US President Donald Trump made the case on Friday that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on North Korea and Syria, but complained he probably would never get the honour.
Trump, a Republican, capped off a rambling Rose Garden news conference with a well-oiled gripe that former Democratic president Barack Obama, a nemesis, won the Nobel Prize in 2009, just months into his first term in office.

“They gave it to Obama. He didn’t even know what he got it for. He was there for about 15 seconds and he got the Nobel Prize. He said, ‘Oh, what did I get it for?’” Trump grumbled.
“With me, I probably will never get it.”
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Trump claimed he saved 3 million people living in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region from being killed after he warned Russia, Iran and the Syrian government against a planned offensive.
“Nobody talks about that,” he complained.
Attacks on the Idlib region have continued, though Trump said the strikes were done “surgically”.
He said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given him “the most beautiful copy” of a five-page letter in which Abe nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.

“You know why? Because he had rocket ships and he had missiles flying over Japan,” Trump said. “Now, all of a sudden, they feel good. They feel safe. I did that,” Trump said, adding that the Obama administration “couldn’t have done it.”
The White House declined further comment on Trump’s claim that Abe had nominated him, and a spokesman for the Japanese embassy said he had no information about such a letter.
They gave it to Obama. He didn’t even know what he got it for. He was there for about 15 seconds and he got the Nobel Prize. He said, ‘Oh, what did I get it for?’
Donald Trump
“Many other people feel that way, too. I’ll probably never get it. But that’s OK,” Trump said.
Last April, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Trump deserved the Nobel for his efforts to negotiate an end to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi on February 27-28 for a second summit on the nuclear issue. Trump says their first meeting in Singapore last June was a triumph, but critics said it delivered no progress on denuclearisation.
Trump praised himself on Friday for establishing a good relationship with Kim. “I like him a lot and he likes me a lot.”
And he fondly recalled his original hardline approach to the reclusive leader, regaling reporters with some of his favourite bellicose lines.
“It was a very tough dialogue at the beginning: ‘Fire and fury.’ ‘Total annihilation.’ ‘My button is bigger than yours,’ and ‘My button works.’ Remember that? You don’t remember that. And people said, ‘Trump is crazy.’”


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FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Singapore. Kim Jong Un is preparing for his second summit with President Donald Trump in two weeks in Vietnam. This follows the mind-boggling spectacle of their first encounter in Singapore last year. South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been a key driving figure with determined plans and aspirations for engagement with Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

A man watches a TV screen showing images of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station on February 9. Photo: AP

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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2015 file photo, Costa Rican 1987 Nobel peace laureate and former president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, looks at the media during the opening ceremony of the XV World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates at the University in Barcelona, Spain. Arias has been accused of sexual assault by a nuclear disarmament activist, a charge he denies. She filed a criminal complaint on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

‘Doctor Miracle’: Congolese surgeon Denis Mukwege awarded Nobel Peace Prize for lifelong crusade to heal victims of sexual atrocity

Denis Mukwege from Congo and Nadia Murad from Iraq sign the Nobel guestbook. Both won the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Photo: EPA

epa07220078 Nobel Peace Prize 2018 laureates Dr. Denis Mukwege (L) and Nadia Murad (R) attend the Nobel outdoor concert in front of Oslo Town hall, Oslo, norway, 09 December 2018. The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place on Monday 10 December. Dr. Denis Mukwege from Kongo and Nadia Murad from Iraq received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. EPA-EFE/HEIKO JUNGE NORWAY OUT

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Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. Photos: AFP

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FILE - In this Wednesday Nov. 26, 2014 file photo, Doctor Denis Mukwege, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a gynecologist who specializes in treating victims of rape and extreme sexual violence, waves as he gets the Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg eastern France. Mukwege and Nadia Murad have been named the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz, File)

epa05942094 A handout photo made available by the Osservatore Romano, showing Pope Francis (L) meeting Yazidi human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Nadia Murad Bansee Taha (R) during his general audience at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, 03 May 2017. EPA/OSSERVATORE ROMANO / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Samjiyon guesthouse in North Korea, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018. A beaming South Korean President Moon, freshly returned home Thursday from a whirlwind three-day summit with Kim Jong Un, said the North Korean leader wants the U.S. secretary of state to visit Pyongyang soon for nuclear talks, and also hopes for a quick follow-up to his June summit with President Donald Trump. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)

FILE - In this July 29, 2017 file photo, People watch a TV news program showing an image of North Korea's latest test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. The signs read "North Korea launched an ICBM missile at 11:41 p.m. last night." While North Korea declared this past weekend it would stop nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, it did not indicate it will give up its nuclear arsenal or halt its production of missiles. Moon and later President Donald Trump are still likely to find it very difficult to persuade Kim to dismantle his entire arsenal, which includes purported thermonuclear weapons and developmental ICBMs.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

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FILE - In this June 12, 2018 file photo, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at the conclusion of their meetings at the Capella resort on Sentosa Island in Singapore. The newly appointed U.S. special envoy for North Korea will make his first diplomatic trip abroad next week in the Trump administration's latest effort to press for progress in uncertain denuclearization talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

A portrait of Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel on display at the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: AFP

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 27, 2018 US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a phone conversation with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on trade in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - US President Donald Trump claimed August 28, 2018 that Google results were "rigged" because searches for "Trump News" brought up negative stories about him, and questioned whether this was illegal. The president has attacked US social media giants in the past days for allegedly censoring conservative voices, an unfounded claim widely believed by his followers."Google search results for 'Trump News' shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media," the president tweeted on Tuesday. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

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