Former US President Donald Trump has received his fourth Nobel Peace Prize nomination, this time from Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney, lauding his “historic” policy initiatives in the Middle East. Tenney specifically cited Trump’s instrumental role in brokering the Abraham Accords treaty as the basis for her nomination.
Signed in September 2020, the Abraham Accords formally normalized relations between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Israel, marking a significant milestone in Middle Eastern diplomacy.
In her statement, Tenney emphasized Trump’s groundbreaking achievement, stating, “Donald Trump was instrumental in facilitating the first new peace agreements in the Middle East in almost 30 years. President Trump proved that decades-old assumptions about Middle East peace were false.”
Highlighting the urgency of the nomination, Tenney criticized what she perceived as weak leadership under current President Joe Biden, asserting, “Now more than ever, as Joe Biden’s leadership on the international stage falters, we must recognize Trump’s contributions to world peace.”
This nomination marks Trump’s second recognition for the Nobel Prize related to the Abraham Accords, with his first nomination in 2020 by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, for the Israel-UAE deal.
Tybring-Gjedde, who also nominated Trump in 2019 for his diplomatic efforts with North Korea, cited Trump’s role in the US troop withdrawal from Iraq as additional grounds for his 2020 nomination.
Despite multiple nominations, Trump did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize during his presidency, but his continued recognition underscores the ongoing debate surrounding his foreign policy legacy.
