Could President Donald Trump become the fourth president to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
The answer is yes if the president of Azerbaijan and prime minister of Armenia have anything to say about it, per Mediaite.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sang Trump’s praises Friday when a peace deal between the two countries was signed in the State Dining Room of the White House.
“I think President Trump deserved to have Nobel Peace Prize. And we will defend that. And we will promote — we will promote for that. And that’s obvious,” Pashinyan said about Trump who brokered the deal.
His counterpart agreed.
“So maybe we agree with Prime Minister Pashinyan to send a joint appeal to Nobel Committee to award President Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize,” Aliyev said. “Who, if not President Trump, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?”
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Trump also spoke about the possibility when Gray Television White House correspondent Jon Decker asked him directly.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee will make their announcement as it relates to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on October the 10th. Friday, October the 10th,” Decker said. “Is that date circled on your calendar, Mr. President?”
Trump remained neutral.
“I can’t say. I mean, a lot of people say no, no matter what I did because, you know, I’m of a certain persuasion. No matter what I do, they won’t give it up. And I’m not politicking for it,” Trump said. “I have a lot of people that are I know, I mean, I read the same things as you do, but, it would be a great honor, certainly, but I would never politic. I’m not doing it for that. I’m doing it because of I really number one, I want to save lives.”
Three previous presidents have won the Nobel Peace Prize — Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, according to the White Housewebsite.
Wilson and Obama won when they were still in office; Carter’s came decades later.
Wilson received the award one 1920 for his part one ending World War I and creating the League of Nations.
Obama was honored in 2009 for his work in strengthening international diplomacy and cooperation.
Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1971, was awarded the prize in 2002.
He was honored for his work in “finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts, promoting democracy, and advancing human rights.”
