Handing Trump Nobel Peace Prize makes some sense

(MENAFN) In the early 1980s, former US President Jimmy Carter asked the Nobel Foundation why he had not received the Peace Prize for brokering the 1978 Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel. Carter speculated that winning might have helped him secure a second term after losing to Ronald Reagan in 1980. The foundation’s executive director, Stig Ramel, simply replied that Carter had never been nominated. The award that year went to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, highlighting how timing and perception often influence the Nobel Prize as much as achievement.

Donald Trump, in contrast, faces no shortage of nominations. He has been put forward by countries including Rwanda, Cambodia, Gabon, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, among others, while numerous individuals and organizations have also supported him. Trump has even demanded the prize publicly, driven more by personal vanity than political strategy. Unlike Carter, who sought the accolade to aid his re-election, Trump appears motivated simply by the prestige of the award itself.

Despite returning to the White House only recently, Trump was eligible for nomination, which had to be submitted by January 31. Historical precedent shows this is not a barrier: Barack Obama received the Peace Prize in his first year as president, despite having achieved little at that point.

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