Overview
- Rep. Buddy Carter formally nominated President Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “extraordinary and historic role” in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
- Sen. Bernie Moreno introduced a Senate resolution calling on the Nobel Committee to recognize Trump’s precision strikes on Iranian nuclear sites and his part in securing the truce.
- Betting site Oddspedia more than doubled Trump’s odds of winning the prize from 13.3 percent to 27.8 percent after the ceasefire went into effect.
- Pakistan’s government, which had praised Trump’s mediation in the India-Pakistan crisis, condemned U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and withdrew its earlier endorsement.
- Oleksandr Merezhko, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker, rescinded his nomination of Trump, saying he had lost faith in the president’s ability to end the Russia-Ukraine war.