Trump's smoldering Nobel obsession: No peace prize

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : But while Trump wants international recognition as "peacemaker-in-chief," there is another driving factor.
54% : Sometimes Trump, who is often better known for his divisive rhetoric, anti-migration drive and embrace of foreign authoritarians, has appeared to acknowledge that he is an unlikely candidate.
50% : They'll give it to some guy that didn't do a damn thing," Trump said during a speech to hundreds of the US military's top officers in September.
50% : But in the same breath Trump revealed his true feelings.
50% : In recent weeks, barely a public event has gone by without Trump bragging about what he says is his role in ending seven wars.
50% : But while Trump has been quick to claim credit for some -- for example announcing a ceasefire between nuclear-armed Delhi and Islamabad in May -- many of the claims are partial or inaccurate.
50% : But perhaps the biggest issue is that the two main wars that Trump promised to end within days of his inauguration -- in Gaza and Ukraine -- are still raging.
50% : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Trump for the prize, as did an Israeli advocacy group campaigning for the release of hostages in Gaza.
50% : Pakistan also nominated Trump while the leaders of several African countries paid tribute to his supposed peacemaking efforts in a visit earlier this year.
42% : Trump nominated by Netanyahu Trump: No Nobel, big insult to country "Will you get the Nobel Prize?
42% : Foreign leaders seeking to curry favor with Trump have been quick to talk up Trump's chances.
37% : Since the beginning of his presidential ambitions 10 years ago, "he has put himself in opposition to Barack Obama, who famously won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009," Garret Martin, a professor of international relations at American University, told AFP.
30% : Trump sees 'real chance' to end Gaza war on attack anniversary Trump has even bombed one of the countries he mentions.
29% : "If I were named Obama I would have had the Nobel Prize given to me in 10 seconds," Trump complained in October 2024, during the final stretch of the presidential campaign.

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