Pakistan has nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, crediting his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal management” throughout the current disaster between India and Pakistan. The announcement was made in a submit on social media platform X, the place Pakistani officers stated Trump performed a key position in defusing tensions between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours.The nomination follows feedback made by Trump on Friday, wherein he argued he deserved the celebrated award for a number of peace efforts, together with his involvement in easing tensions between India and Pakistan. “I ought to have gotten it 4 or 5 occasions,” the president stated. “They will not give me a Nobel Peace Prize as a result of they solely give it to liberals.”Whereas the Indian authorities has rejected the concept Trump performed a task within the ceasefire, Trump insists he helped forestall a possible warfare. “Nicely, I finished a warfare… I really like Pakistan. I believe Modi is a improbable man. I spoke to him final night time. We will make a commerce cope with Modi of India,” he advised reporters earlier this week. “However I finished the warfare between Pakistan and India. This man was extraordinarily influential in stopping it from the Pakistan aspect. Modi from the India aspect and others. They had been going at it – they usually’re each nuclear international locations. I received it stopped.”Pakistan’s Chief of Military Workers, Basic Asim Munir, has additionally secured a lunch assembly on the White Home following his advice that US President Donald Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026. White Home spokesperson Anna Kelly confirmed the assembly will happen however didn’t present a date.This isn’t the primary time Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to now, loyal lawmakers and supporters have submitted his identify for consideration. He has additionally repeatedly voiced frustration at being neglected, referencing the 2009 win of former US President Barack Obama.Trump additionally introduced on Reality Social that he had organized a peace treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. He stated officers from each international locations would journey to Washington on Monday to signal the settlement, though their joint assertion listed the date as June 27.“This can be a Nice Day for Africa and, fairly frankly, a Nice Day for the World!” Trump wrote. He additionally criticised the Nobel committee for not acknowledging his earlier peace efforts in different areas. “I received’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I received’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the Conflict between India and Pakistan, I received’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the Conflict between Serbia and Kosovo, I received’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for preserving Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia... No, I received’t get a Nobel Peace Prize it doesn’t matter what I do… however the folks know, and that’s all that issues to me!”The peace settlement between the DRC and Rwanda, reached throughout three days of negotiations in Washington, goals to finish a decades-long battle in japanese Congo.Trump has positioned himself as a worldwide peacemaker, typically highlighting his negotiation expertise as a key method to ending worldwide conflicts. Nevertheless, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are ongoing, with no decision reached greater than 5 months into his presidency.
