Trump's unpeaceful Nobel obsession: ‘I deserve it'
Donald Trump 's obsession with the
Nobel Peace Prize.
'It's well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,' White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday, prompting reactions of disbelief and sarcasm from the Republican leader's opponents.
His leading spokeswoman also mentioned
Iran , where Trump ordered US strikes against the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities, as evidence of decisions Leavitt claimed have contributed to world peace.
She made no mention of the
conflict in Ukraine , which Trump pledged multiple times to end on 'day one' of his term, or the
war in Gaza , which rumbles on and for which the US supplies Israel with weapons.
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For some foreign leaders, mentioning the prestigious award has become a sign of diplomatic goodwill toward an American president who envisions himself as a peacemaker.
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