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Trump Claims He Deserves Nobel Peace Prize After Settling Eight Wars
- •US President Donald Trump made a fresh bid for the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming he has settled eight wars and achieved what no other president has.
- •Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump stated that it would be a great discredit to the Nobel Committee if they chose not to honour him.
- •Trump compared his achievements to former US President Barack Obama, arguing that Obama did not know why he received the award in 2009.
- •He highlighted ongoing peacemaking efforts and suggested he is close to resolving another conflict, referencing the US-Iran situation.
- •Trump also claimed that last year's peace laureate had handed her prize over to him at the Oval Office, declaring he deserved it most.
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US President Donald Trump made a fresh bid for the Nobel Peace Prize, asserting at the Oval Office that he has settled eight wars and done things no other president has ever achieved, warning it would be a great discredit if the Nobel Committee did not honour him. He also reiterated that his peacemaking efforts continue as he works toward resolving another war.
Donald Trump criticized former President Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize win, claiming that Obama received the honor right at the beginning of his term without doing anything to earn it and still does not know why he received it.
Donald Trump recalled that last year's peace laureate, Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, visited the Oval Office and handed her prize over to him because she felt she did not deserve it and that he was the rightful recipient.
