President Donald Trump activated thousands of troops in Los Angeles this month and is currently mulling a U.S. war with Iran, but complained Friday that he hasn’t been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yet — and said he should’ve gotten “four or five” of them.
Trump announced one day prior that he will decide within a couple of weeks whether the U.S. military will get involved directly in the conflict between Iran and Israel, prompting an intensifying rift between him and several of his supporters who vehemently oppose U.S. involvement.
Presumably aware of Trump’s desire to be seen as a “peacemaker,” former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz (R) argued on his One America News Network show Thursday that he could see the Nobel honor renamed to the “Trump Peace Prize” if he avoids war.
Trump was asked about this Friday after flying to New Jersey to spend time at his golf club.
“Well, they should give me the Nobel Prize for Rwanda,” he told reporters. “And if you look to Congo, or you could say Serbia, Kosovo, you can say a lot of them. You could say, I mean, the big one is India and Pakistan. I should’ve gotten it four or five times.”
