Trump makes late Nobel Prize pitch: ‘Not bragging ... but I settled eight wars’

Donald Trump used an appearance on Wednesday to renew his case for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he has ended eight wars and that more peacemaking is coming. The Independent reports that the tally is inaccurate: some items on his list, such as tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, never became armed conflict, and the Iran-Israel fighting is still going as part of a three-sided war that now includes America.

Speaking to reporters at an event about "Trump accounts" for children, the president said he was simply stating facts and that no earlier president had settled wars. He contended he deserved the honor more than Barack Obama, who won in 2009 early in his presidency and, Trump said, still does not know the reason. Trump also said he had held back from using the Justice Department against Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.

Before leaving for a rally in San Antonio, Trump described the Iran war as won but not over, saying Iran's nuclear capacity and military have been destroyed and that oil prices will fall once it ends.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →