Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering Israel-UAE peace deal

Trump was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament

Published: September 9, 2020 7:28am

Updated: September 9, 2020 11:49am

President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Trump was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament and chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, according to Fox News.

He was also one of two Norwegian lawmakers to nominate Trump in 2018 for the peace prize for his efforts to bring together North and South Korea.

"This is a big deal, and it's well deserved," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told Fox News. "This president creates peace around the world." 

The Nobel committee has yet to respond to the report.

Tybring-Gjedde, in his letter to the committee, wrote that the Trump administration played a key role in establishing relations between the two countries.

"As it is expected other Middle Eastern countries will follow in the footsteps of the UAE, this agreement could be a game-changer that will turn the Middle East into a region of cooperation and prosperity," he wrote, according to Fox.

Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament's far-right Progress Party, also told the cable TV news channel: "I think he has done more trying to create peace between nations than most other Peace Prize nominees."

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