Trump nominated AGAIN for Nobel Peace Prize by Estonian official 'for not starting any wars while in office'

DONALD Trump has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize again by an Estonian official, for “not starting any wars” while he was in office.

Jaak Madison, a member of right-wing populist party EKRE, claimed he nominated the former president for having contributed to ensuring stability in the Middle East.

"Donald Trump is the first president of the United States in the last thirty years, whose office the country has not started any war," the MEP stated in a Facebook post, which cited his nomination application.

"In addition, several peace agreements have been made under his leadership in the Middle East, which has helped ensure stability in the region and peace."

Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to a historic deal normalising relations in 2020.

Madison, whose post said he submitted his nomination “exactly two hours” before the deadline fell, said he was “definitely not the only one” who nominated the former president.

“But as we know: the more applicants, the more likely success is,” he wrote.

NOT HIS FIRST NOMINATION

A letter of invitation to submit a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize was not required, though persons or organisations could only be nominated by qualified individuals.

A total 318 candidates were nominated for the Prize last year – 211 individuals and 107 organisations.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee was responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.

It wasn’t Trump’s first nomination; in September last year, a far-right Norwegian lawmaker nominated the then-current president for the “historic peace agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

The nomination came from Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a right-wing member of the Norwegian Parliament. 

Swedish MP Magnus Jacobsson, Australian law professor and Finland’s Laura Huhtasaari, a European Parliament representative, have also put forward nominations for Trump, in a bid for the 2021 prize.

The array of at least four nominations followed on from a hat trick of nominations for the prize in 2020.

Trump’s predecessor and political foe, Barack Obama, won the prize in 2009.

The former United States president was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people”.

Has Trump been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize before?

1. September 2020 – Trump was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party.  Tybring-Gjedde, who cited his role in the normalising of relations between Israel and the UAE as being central to the nomination.

2. September 2020 – Trump was nominated for the 2021 prize by Magnus Jacobsson, a member of Sweden’s Parliament for the Christian Democrats. Jacobssen cited Trump’s efforts in the Middle East in his nomination.

3. September 2020 – Trump was nominated for the 2021 prize by law professor David Flint for his foreign policy philosophy, dubbed the “Trump Doctrine”. 

4. October 2020 – Trump nominated for the 2021 prize by Finland’s Laura Huhtasaari, a European Parliament representative and a member of the far-right Finns Party. Huhtasaari also cited the former president’s “endeavors to end the era of endless wars.” 

Obama was just nine months into his first term as sitting president when he was awarded the prize. 

Estonia’s conservative EKRE party stirred up controversy near the end of last year when the Interior Minister, Mart Helme, labelled then-President-elect Joe Biden a “corrupt character” and questioned the integrity of the US election.

Helme resigned shortly after he made the call, without evidence or details, Euronews reported at the time.

Meanwhile, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in brokering historic deals between Israel and four Arab League nations.

The former White House senior adviser was put forward by Jeffery Epstein's lawyer – Alan Dershowitz – yesterday, hours before today's deadline.

As part of twin deals in August, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain became the first Gulf nations to recognize Israel as a state and establish formal diplomatic ties.

In return, Israel agreed to delay its controversial plan to annex part of the occupied West Bank.

Similar deals with Sudan and Morocco were signed in October and December.

Before then, Egypt and Jordan were the only Arab League nations to recognize Israel.

Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, and Avi Berkowitz, Trump's Middle East envoy, were key figures in negotiating the historic deals.

They were nominated for the peace prize by attorney Alan Dershowitz, who is eligible to do so as professor emeritus of Harvard Law School.

Dershowitz, who represented Epstein in his sex trafficking case, is a Trump ally who defended him at his first Senate impeachment trial.

In his letter to the Nobel committee, he appeared to acknowledge the nomination would be controversial.

“The Nobel Peace Prize is not for popularity" Dershowitz wrote.

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