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

President Donald Trump renewed his campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, telling reporters he has accomplished what no predecessor has. He claimed to have ended eight wars and said another settlement is coming, though The Independent notes there is no sign of meaningful movement in talks with Iran over a fresh ceasefire.

Trump spoke at an event unveiling his "Trump accounts" for children, shortly after returning to Washington from a run of campaign stops around the country. He cast himself as more deserving than former President Barack Obama, who won the award in 2009. Trump said Obama received it at the outset of his presidency and still has no idea why. The Independent adds that the Nobel body honored Obama, less than a year into office, for diplomacy aimed at repairing relations with the Muslim world after nearly ten years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan had left some people believing America was fighting that entire world.

Trump insisted he was not boasting, only stating facts, and said that whether or not he wins, his record far exceeds anyone else's.

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