Former US President Donald Trump has received his fourth Nobel Peace Prize nomination, this time from Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney, for his influential role in the Abraham Accords—a series of agreements that normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
The accords, established in September 2020, marked the first major peace agreements in the Middle East in nearly three decades.
Tenney emphasized Trump's efforts in challenging the prevailing assumption that Middle East peace was contingent on a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
She credited him with demonstrating an alternative path to peace and criticized the Nobel Committee for not yet recognizing his contributions. Amid concerns over President
Joe Biden's foreign policy approach, Tenney stressed the importance of acknowledging Trump's strong international leadership.
Trump's first Nobel nomination came in 2020 from Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, for his mediation in the Israel-UAE deal.
Tybring-Gjedde had previously nominated Trump in 2019 for his diplomatic engagement with North Korea and later for his moves to reduce US military presence in Iraq. Despite multiple nominations, Trump has yet to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.