White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien called Thursday President Trump
Donald John TrumpNew Bob Woodward book will contain details of 25 personal letters between Trump and Kim Jong Un On The Money: Pelosi, Mnuchin talk, but make no progress on ending stalemate | Trump seizes ‘third track’ of policy with payroll tax break | Trump uses racist tropes to repeat honest housing to ‘suburban housewife’. Biden commemorates anniversary of Charlottesville’s ‘Unite the Right’ rally: ‘We are in a battle for the soul of our nation’ MORE to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing its role in a diplomatic breakthrough between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
O’Brien made the case for his boss to get the prestigious honor, which the president himself had earlier suggested he deserved, during a White House press release.
“It’s really remarkable, I think, when you come back and take a look at what this president has done on the peace front,” O’Brien said. “And it would not surprise me – it will take some time in this environment – but it would not surprise me if the president is finally nominated for a Nobel Prize for this. Today’s work is an example of why he would be rightly considered and should be a frontrunner for the Nobel Peace Prize. “
O’Brien praised Trump for his role in mechanizing the normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel. He noted that one of Trump’s books was titled “The Art of the Deal,” but that he will be remembered “because he was a great peacemaker.”
Robert C. O’Brien, National Security Adviser: “[President Trump] should be a forerunner of the Nobel Peace Prize. ” pic.twitter.com/X3nfzntGKq
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The national security adviser who is pushing Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize is sure to please the president, who said at the United Nations General Assembly last September that he would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “if she” spend honestly. “
He has previously suggested that his negotiations with North Korea, which have not yet reached a formal agreement on denuclearization, would guarantee recognition. Pakistani reporters told Trump at the UN last year that he would be honored if he mediated the Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.
“I think I’ll get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they honestly spend it, what they do not do,” Trump said at the time.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated Trump for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize at the request of the US government.
Administrative officials cited Thursday’s announcement as historic. Formalized relations between the UAE and Israel bring to the fore a silent diplomacy that had been built for years between the two countries, working together on security and on what is seen by both countries as an existential threat posed by Iran.
The agreement will halt efforts by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank, which was written into Trump’s plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, according to the White House.
Trump said on Thursday that he expects other Arab nations to follow the movements through the UAE.
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