Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is no longer interested in President Donald Trump just receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — he now wants the prize to be named after Trump, too.
The senator made the declaration Wednesday night during an appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity,” per Mediaite.
Graham said if Trump can get Saudi Arabia to commit to normalizing ties with Israel, then not only should he win the Nobel Peace Prize, but it should be named after him.
He praised Trump’s demand that a broader Middle East agreement should include Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Qatar signing on to the Abraham Accords.
“If he can pull this off, if he can get Saudi Arabia, the center of Islam for the entire world, to recognize the Jewish state Israel, he’ll have ended the Arab-Israeli conflict that’s been going on for thousands of years,” Graham said. “They should change the Nobel Prize to the Trump Prize.”
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“If he can do that – and I think he can – it’s the biggest change in the modern history and in the ancient history of the mid-east, where the Arabs and the Jews live together, where it becomes a center of power economically, not a powder keg,” Graham continued.
“And once you put Iran in a box, and he’s going to do that, we’re going to have peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Nobody thought that was possible. I believe it’s possible. And there’s one guy can do it: Donald Trump,” he added.
Trump has lobbied to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, taking credit for multiple diplomatic breakthroughs throughout both his terms in office.
He also has said he deserved the award more than former President Barack Obama, who received the prize in 2009.
