In a letter to the Nobel Committee on Tuesday, Representative Buddy Carter proposed Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trumpโs โextraordinary and historic roleโ in putting a stop to what some have dubbed the 12-Day War between Iran and Israel was commended in the letter.
The ceasefire Trump had declared was already breaking down as missiles continued to fly between the two nations while Carter typed out his glowing proposal. It calls into question broken truces and peace awards. Is it possible to receive a prize for putting an end to an ongoing war?
The 12-Day War and Ceasefire Details
Israel launched a preemptive strike against Iran, which sparked the conflict. Israel asserted that Tehran was in imminent danger of obtaining nuclear weapons.
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The two nations exchanged rocket fire for more than a week. The United States then joined. In what officials described as the greatest B-2 raid in U.S. history, they hit three nuclear installations in Iran.
Late Monday afternoon, Trump declared that the war was over and that a truce would take effect overnight Tuesday. Israeli authorities expressed gratitude to Trump and the US for their assistance. They declared that they had succeeded in eradicating Iranโs nuclear danger. For a few hours, it appeared that another Trump peace agreement had been reached.
The terminology seems to be rather simple. Israel would stop attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, Iran would stop firing ballistic missiles at Israeli cities, and both sides would cease shooting at one another.
Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Too Soon
In hisย letter, Carter commended Trump forย โkeeping the most deadly weapon on the planet out of the hands of the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.โ Trumpโs power was โinstrumental in forging a swift agreement that many believed to be impossible,โ he wrote.
An difficult issue resulted from the timing. Carter made this nomination on Tuesday, but Israel was already accusing Iran of violating the truce just hours after it was supposedly announced. According to reports, Iran fired two ballistic missiles after the ceasefire was supposed to go into effect, which greatly accelerated the agreement.
Itโs like to those hurriedย โMission Accomplishedโ banners, but with global diplomacy. At times, itโs necessary to wait to begin awarding until the assignment has been completed.
Ceasefire Already Cracking
By Tuesday night, both sides were accusing one other of breaking the truce first. Israel Katz, the Israeli Defence Minister, gave his troops the order toย โrespond forcefully to Iranโs violation of the agreement.โย Iran, on the other hand, maintained that there was initiallyย โNO โagreementโ on any ceasefire.โ
Trump lost his cool. The frustrated president, who had just been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize thanks to this very deal,ย told reportersย that same day,ย โWe have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they donโt know what the fโk they are doing.โ Heโd just announced this great peace deal, and the two nations started lobbing missiles at each other again.
According to Axios, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drastically reduced the scope of his planned reprisal in response to pressure from the White House. However, the legitimacy of the truce had already been ruined by the destruction.
A Pattern of Peace Problems
The presidentโs peace initiatives have encountered difficulties before. Consider the case of Pakistan. Trumpโsย โdecisive diplomatic interventionโย helped end a crisis with India, according to the Pakistani administration. They declared that they will officiallyย suggest himย for the Nobel Peace Prize. They denounced Trumpโs assault of Iranian nuclear facilities less than twenty-four hours later. The strikesย โconstituted a serious violation of international law,โย they declared.
Next up is Ukraine. On Monday morning, Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksandr Merezhko, who had put Trump forward for the award in November, retracted his nomination. According to reports, Merezhko said he hadย โlost any sort of faith and beliefโย in Trumpโs capacity to negotiate a ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow.
When Trump returned to the White House in January, he promised to put an end to the biggest land war in Europe since World War II in a single day. However, as the weeks stretched into months, that pledge began to appear less like foreign policy and more like wishful thinking.
Trumpโs Nobel Peace Prize Obsession
Trump has long craved the Nobel Peace Prize, especially since the committee awarded former President Obama the prize just months into his presidency. Just last week, Trump posted on social media,ย โI wonโt get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran.โ
The president has complained that he was not given credit for resolving an Indian-Pakistani dispute. Obamaโsย โextraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoplesโย and his attempts to restrict nuclear weapons were the reasons the committee gave him the honour.
But some Republicans think heโs wrong about that. Senator Katie Britt seemed confident, declaringย โPresident Trump is gonna win the Nobel Peace Prize. No doubt.โ
Other GOP lawmakers have jumped on the bandwagon. South Carolinaโs Nancy Mace said Trumpย โdid what Biden and Obama could NEVER do,โย addingย โPEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.โ
Despite the fact that Trumpโs most recent peace agreement is already showing flaws, the Nobel Prize website now lists 338 nominees for the 2025 prize.
The Real Question About Broken Peace
Is it possible to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for a short-lived peace? Theoretically, Trumpโsย โpeace through strengthโย strategy might be effective. However, the Nobel Committee typically grants peace prizes to those who establish long-term solutions rather than short-term truces that end while the nomination letter is still being draughted.
To choose the winner for the following year, the committee has till January. By then, we will be able to determine if Trumpโs ceasefire between Iran and Israel was a temporary solution to a much longer conflict or a lasting peace agreement. In any case, Trumpโs Nobel Peace Prize nomination will likely be remembered as one of the more hopeful events in recent diplomatic history.
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