Trump's very telling social media move after being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
President Donald Trump is basking in the glow of his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
He shared a letter written by a Republican lawmaker that nominated him for brokering a delicate end to the war between Iran and Israel.
Trump also reposted a tweet made by Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk Monday evening in which Kirk declared that "President Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize.'
Georgia Republican Congressman Buddy Carter nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday after the president mediated a delicate ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which he announced Monday.
Carter sent to a letter to the Nobel Peace Prize committee, hailing Trump's 'instrumental influence' in forging a swift agreement 'that many believed to be impossible.'
'President Trump also took bold, decisive actions to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and ensure that the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism remains incapable of acquiring a nuclear weapon,' Carter wrote to the five-member committee.
Posting on Truth Social Monday night, Trump touted the end of the '12 Day War' between Israel and Iran. The two nations had been exchanging blows for over a week, prior to U.S. involvement.
There are currently 338 candidates for the 2025 Peace Prize, according to the official Nobel website.
Rep. Buddy Carter R-Ga., walks from a closed-door meeting with the GOP Conference during the opening day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023.
The Georgia congressman, who is also presently running for U.S. Senate in the battleground state, is likely using the nomination to curry favor with Trump, who is expected to bestow a formal endorsement in that GOP primary campaign.
Cater wrote, that 'President Trump took bold action to ultimately champion peace through strength and facilitate a ceasefire framework that brought hostilities to a halt.'
He isn't the only lawmaker to have recommended Trump for the award.
I just nominated @realDonaldTrump for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his historic role in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran and preventing the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism from obtaining the most lethal weapon on the planet.…
— Buddy Carter (@RepBuddyCarter) June 24, 2025
A member of the Ukrainian parliament who nominated Trump for the prestigious diplomacy award back in November decided Monday to withdraw his nomination.
Oleksandr Merezhko, who is the head of the foreign affairs committee in Ukraine's parliament said that he had "lost any sort of faith and belief" in Trump's ability to be a dealmaker in the war between Russia and Ukraine as he switched his focus to brokering peace in the Middle East, per Newsweek.
Trump has long been obsessed with gaining the Nobel Peace Prize musing as early as 2018 that he deserved it.
'I think I'm gonna get a Nobel Prize … if they gave it out fairly,' he told reporters in 2019.
Part of Trump fixation is based on the fact that his predecessor, Barack Obama earned the prize in 2009, after just nine months in office, for his work on nuclear non-proliferation.
Donald Trump Jr. wrote that 'affirmative action is when Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Donald Trump.'
Affirmative action is when Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Donald Trump.
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 24, 2025
Earlier this year, Rep. Darrell Issa nominated Trump for the prestigious prize.The California lawmaker wrote in March that Trump that tangibly kickstarted the cause of peace in numerous regions of the world with his re-election to a second term.
Issa pointed to Trump's first Middle East peace deal, the 2019 Abraham Accords, as evidence he should be given the award, adding that Trump 'has in no way received fair recognition for his efforts and accomplishments'
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