"Everybody has been talking about: Will he get the Nobel Peace Prize?' said Brian Mast, a Republican congressman of Florida, on Fox News Thursday morning. Those academics and elites sitting in Norway, that board of people that decide it, they need to give President Trump the Nobel peace prize. I'm not certain that the board in Norway that looks at this believes in peace through strength they believe in peace through pandering, he said."
"Minutes later, the US president went on Truth Social, his social media platform, to thank both men by name. While Trump has played down his chances to win the prize, he has been active behind the scenes, phoning Jens Stoltenberg, Norway's finance minister, in Oslo this summer to tell him he wanted to discuss the Nobel peace prize and tariffs. He regularly brings up the award; usually as he makes the tenuous claim to have ended six or seven wars."
Donald Trump pursued the Nobel Peace Prize with visible, sustained efforts, publicly and behind the scenes. Allies and supporters amplified praise on media outlets to bolster his case after a Gaza ceasefire agreement. Trump thanked supporters by name on his platform and has repeatedly raised the award in public statements. He placed calls to Norwegian officials, including Jens Stoltenberg, to press the issue while invoking his claims of ending multiple wars. Supporters framed the ceasefire as justification for the prize, while critics described the campaign as pandering and politically driven.
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