WASHINGTON — Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday “in recognition of his extraordinary file of diplomatic achievement,” following a peace settlement between Israel and Hamas that may start with the launch of all hostages from Gaza early subsequent week.
Barr argued in a letter to Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, that no “world chief has executed extra to advance peace and prosperity on this planet than President Donald Trump.”
“On October 8, 2025, President Trump introduced a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas that may end result within the launch of all Israeli hostages from the horrific October 7,2023 assaults, the return of Palestinian prisoners, and the partial navy withdrawal of Israel from Gaza,” Barr recounted.
“Whereas numerous efforts by American and worldwide leaders over many years have failed to realize lasting progress, this settlement displays the President’s tireless dedication to restoring stability and safeguarding lives in one of many world’s most unstable areas.”
Israel and Hamas agreed late Wednesday to the primary section of the 20-point plan, which is able to launch 20 dwelling hostages from the Gaza Strip together with practically 2,000 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
That might be adopted by a second section wherein a world board and an impartial peacekeeping drive will take management of Gaza, whereas Hamas is disarmed and the Israeli navy withdraws.
Barr’s letter additionally cited profitable peace negotiations on 4 totally different continents involving the Trump administration, together with “agreements to finish hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia, India and Pakistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Iran and Israel, and Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
“Two of these international locations, Pakistan and Cambodia, have additionally formally requested that President Trump be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his management in bringing conflicts involving their international locations to a peaceable decision,” the Kentucky Republican famous.
Frydnes, nevertheless, has advised the Norwegian tabloid VG that the ultimate choice about who would obtain the award was made Monday forward of an announcement at 5 a.m. ET Friday, in line with Bloomberg.
Barr is the second member of Congress to appoint Trump for the Nobel, after Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) additionally wrote a letter to the Oslo-based committee.
A separate invoice, which Barr will introduce in Congress, would additional direct the State Division to award the “Trump Peace Prize,” with the president being the primary honoree.
“I feel the entire level of getting a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and selling peace,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) advised Fox Information Thursday morning, including that he would “be the Democrat main the committee” for Trump to obtain the award “if he brings the Ukrainian warfare to its finish” too.
Each Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinians within the streets of war-torn Gaza known as for the forty seventh president to obtain the prize within the hours after saying the settlement.
