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A Norwegian MP has said he nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the Middle East.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Trump should be considered because of his work “for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel that opens up to a possible peace in the Middle East”.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month agreed to a landmark agreement normalizing relations and are scheduled to sign it at a ceremony at the White House on September 15.
“No matter how Trump acts at home and what he says at press conferences, he has an absolute shot at winning the Nobel Peace Prize,” Tybring-Gjedde told The Associated Press.
He said he nominated Trump on Wednesday for the 2021 award, adding that “Donald Trump meets the criteria.”
Nominations must be submitted to the Norwegian Nobel Committee before February 1, which means that the deadline for nominating people for this year’s peace prize has passed.
Tybring-Gjedde was one of two Norwegian MPs who nominated Trump for the peace prize in 2018 for his efforts to achieve reconciliation between North and South Korea.
Any national legislator can nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now it is hoped that the Nobel Committee will be able to consider what Trump has achieved at the international level and that it will not bump into the prejudice established against the president of the United States.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, Norwegian MP
Former US President Barack Obama received the award in 2009 just months after his first term, a move many viewed as premature. The Norwegian committee said it honored Obama for his commitment to “seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”
Last year, Trump predicted that he would win the Nobel Prize “for many things if it was delivered fairly, which he is not.”
The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not comment publicly on the nominees. According to its rules, information must be kept secret for 50 years.
Tybring-Gjedde said in a Facebook post: “We are now hopeful that the Nobel Committee will be able to consider what Trump has accomplished internationally and not bump into established prejudice against the President of the United States.”
However, he said he does not agree with all of Trump’s policies.
“I’m not a big Trump supporter,” he said.
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