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Trump renews Nobel pitch citing eight wars
The Indian Express··4d ago
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday renewed his Nobel Peace Prize pitch at the Oval Office. He told reporters he had settled eight wars and done things nobody else had done. He said skipping him would discredit the Nobel Committee. Friday’s announcement is due. Trump criticised Barack Obama’s 2009 award and said Maria Corina Machado handed him her medal.
Prism
What It Means For You
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee announces this year’s Peace Prize on Friday.
- Trump’s public claim centres on eight wars he says he settled in the past year.
- He also said tariff threats and hostage returns were part of his peacemaking record.
What's Happening
- Trump spoke to reporters at the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon.
- He said last year’s laureate Machado told him she did not deserve the prize and gave it to him.
- He suggested he was on course to settle another war, referring to the US-Iran conflict.
How he framed past winners
- Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 after his election.
- Trump claimed Obama still does not know why he received the award.
- Machado met Trump at the Oval Office and, he said, handed him her prize.
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