January 31st 2024.
A recent event has stirred up some political buzz as once again, a right-wing political figure has put forward former President Donald Trump as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. This time, it was New York Representative Claudia Tenney who made the nomination. As reported by The Messenger, Tenney praised Trump for his role in brokering the Abraham Accords, a historic agreement that aimed to foster peace in the Middle East. She stated, "Donald Trump played a crucial role in facilitating the first new peace agreements in the Middle East in nearly three decades."
Tenney further explained, "For years, government officials, foreign policy 'experts', and international organizations claimed that achieving more peace deals in the Middle East was impossible without a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, President Trump proved them wrong."
Despite Tenney's nomination, analysis from Vox reveals that the Accords, while significant, did not achieve one of its main goals: to put pressure on the larger Arab world to ease their stance on Palestine. In 2021, several Republican politicians, including Senator Bill Haggerty from Tennessee, argued that President Joe Biden missed opportunities to build upon Trump's foreign policy success.
In her statement, Tenney criticized Biden's foreign policy, particularly in regards to the Israel-Hamas conflict, calling it weak. She asserted, "President Trump's valiant efforts in creating the Abraham Accords were unprecedented and yet, they go unrecognized by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. This only emphasizes the need for his nomination today. With Biden's weak leadership on the global stage jeopardizing our country's safety and security, it is crucial that we acknowledge Trump's strong leadership and his efforts towards achieving world peace. It is an honor for me to nominate former President Donald Trump and I eagerly await his well-deserved recognition."
However, experts argue that the Accords only served to embolden the Israeli government, did little to promote peace, and even encouraged acts of aggression. H.A. Hellyer, a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, stated to Vox, "The Abraham Accords gave Israel the impression that they could move forward without making any significant progress with the Palestinians."
As with other Nobel Prizes, the Nobel Peace Prize does not have any restrictions on nominations. The organization emphasizes that being nominated is quite common, as thousands of people are eligible to make nominations. Trump has previously expressed frustration over not winning the award, as it has been bestowed upon former President Barack Obama but not him.
In 2013, Trump publicly called for Obama's award to be revoked by the Nobel Committee. During a 2020 rally, he even claimed that Obama had no understanding of why he received the award. Trump complained, "When Obama got it, he didn't even know why. He had no idea what he did. And they made it a big deal. I did a fantastic job."
In other news, Senator Tim Scott recently spoke out in support of Trump in an interview with ABC News. The post by Black Enterprise titled "New York Politician Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize" covers this topic in detail.
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