Overview
- The presentation took place at the White House and was closed to reporters, with White House aide Margo Martin sharing photos on X.
- Participants included Tricia Nixon Cox, former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, and acting archivist Jim Byron, according to reporting.
- The Richard Nixon Foundation says the award, established in 1995, recognizes those who embody Nixon’s goal of shaping a more peaceful world.
- Trump is the third U.S. president to receive the honor, after George H. W. Bush in 2000 and George W. Bush in 2024.
- The White House has tied the recognition to Trump’s role in an Israel–Hamas ceasefire and has criticized the Nobel Committee after it awarded this year’s Peace Prize to Machado.