It appears that former US President Donald Trump has not gotten over losing the Nobel Peace Prize, as he couldn’t resist joking about it with the Norwegian representative at the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit.
Details reveal that on Monday, Trump joked about the Norwegian representative at the Gaza peace conference, noting he was hiding after being ignored by the Norwegian Nobel Committee of five members last Friday, which awarded the prestigious prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
During a celebratory speech on the peace agreement he helped mediate between Hamas and Israel, the US president said, “We have Norway. Oh my God, oh my God, Norway! What happened? Norway, what happened?” He added, “Where is Norway? I don’t think he wants to stand up. Oh, he’s back there,” referring to the northern country represented by its Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
In a related development, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who was invited by Trump to address the audience, announced he is re-nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in ending four days of fighting in May with neighboring India.
Sharif said Monday about the Gaza peace agreement: “Today is one of the greatest days in contemporary history,” adding, “Pakistan nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his exceptional and distinguished contributions to stopping the war between India and Pakistan first, then achieving a ceasefire, alongside his wonderful team.”
He continued, “Today, I would again like to nominate this great president for the Nobel Peace Prize because I sincerely feel he is the most honest and magnificent candidate for the peace prize, as he not only brought peace to South Asia and saved millions of lives, but today, here in Sharm El-Sheikh, he is achieving peace in Gaza and saving millions of lives in the Middle East,” concluding, “I believe you are the man this world desperately needed at this very time.”
Both the governments of Israel and Cambodia nominated Trump for the prize this year, pointing to his role in ending their conflicts with Iran and Thailand respectively.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, who jointly called in August for Trump to be honored for helping end their decades-long conflict, attended the Gaza ceremony, where Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan approached Trump afterward to thank him.
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