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Israel and Hamas have agreed to the initial stage of US President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza just one day before the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize – an award the 79-year-old is hoping for. As a result, the White House took advantage of this moment and referred to Trump as "the peace President" in a timely tweet. Trump asserts that he has acted as a peacemaker in as many as seven conflicts, including the short war between India and Pakistan in May, which New Delhi has repeatedly rejected. Additionally, the US President welcomed the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the White House in August, marking the signing of a deal aimed at resolving the long-standing dispute between their countries. Trump remarked that the agreement was "long overdue" and would reopen important transportation routes between Azerbaijan and Armenia while boosting US presence in the area. After Trump called the event "historic," Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shook hands and were seen smiling happily.
The US President has been quite bold in pursuing the Nobel Peace Prize. Recently, he made a cheeky comment suggesting that maybe the Nobel Committee would find a way to not award him the prize. "I have no idea... Marco would tell you we've settled seven wars. We're nearing the resolution of an eighth. I believe we will manage the situation with Russia... I doubt anyone else in history has resolved this many conflicts. But I guess they might come up with an excuse to not give it to me," he remarked to conservative figures in the White House's Blue Room during a discussion about Antifa – a group he has recently labeled as a terrorist organization – just hours before he posted on Truth Social regarding the progress on the Gaza initiative. Last week, Trump mentioned that if he were to be overlooked for the Nobel, it would be a "huge insult" to the United States. "Will you receive the Nobel Prize? Definitely not. They'll award it to someone who hasn't done anything. They'll give it to a person who wrote a book on the 'Mind of Donald Trump'... It would be a huge affront to our nation... I don't want it. I want the country to receive it," the US President stated at a major military event in Quantico, Virginia, organized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Even so, Trump often points out his successes. Whether it's his speech at the UN meeting last month or a recent White House post online, his aim is to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The 79-year-old Republican wants to be the first to make the announcement, even before those helping to make peace. A quick moment with a note passed between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump, as reported by the news, might support his desire for the prize. Rubio gave the President a folded note, saying there was important progress in Middle East peace talks. The note said that Trump should quickly approve a message on Truth Social so he could announce the agreement first, according to news photographers. Trump kept talking to people before leaving the room, letting the Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem answer questions. Around two hours after the note, at 6:51 pm, Trump said on Truth Social that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first part of his Gaza peace plan.
He also spoke highly of Trump and put him forward for the Nobel Peace Prize. This involves Pakistan, a country the US is improving relations with, even as its relationship with India gets worse because of trade disagreements and India buying oil from Russia. Stopping the two-year conflict in Gaza would greatly help Trump's chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. French President Emmanuel Macron supported this idea last month, saying that America has more power and only Trump can end the war. Macron told BFMTV during the United Nations General Assembly in New York that the American President is the only one who can make a difference right now.
