Cambodia nominates Trump for Nobel Prize after Thai border truce

Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Cambodia, which honors the US president with “visionary and innovative diplomacy” that ended Thailand-related border disputes with Pakistan and Israel.

Hun Manet, the country’s prime minister, wrote to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday that he wanted to nominate Trump in recognition of his “historical contributions to the advancement of world peace.”

At least 43 people were killed last month in at least 43 hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand as a result of a territorial dispute that boiled into cross-border fighting. More than 300,000 people were displaced by the conflict, which began with small arms fire and quickly turned into heavy artillery and rocket fire before Thailand deployed an F-16 fighter jet for air strikes hours later.

A truce brokered last week following phone calls from Trump, mediation from a delegation of Chinese negotiators, and mediation from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, the regional bloc’s chairperson, and mediation.

In his decisive role in negotiating an immediate and unconditional ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, Hun Manet wrote in his letter, “President Trump’s extraordinary statesmanship was most recently demonstrated by his commitment to resolving conflicts and preventing catastrophic wars …

According to Reuters, Trump’s call on the leaders of both Thailand and Cambodia on July 26 broke the deadlock in efforts to put an end to some of the heaviest fighting between the two countries in recent memory. A ceasefire was reached in Malaysia on July 28 as a result of that.

“This timely intervention prevented a potentially devastating conflict and opened the door for the restoration of peace.”

After Cambodia’s deputy prime minister last week revealed the plan, Trump thanked him for a 19% tariff on American imports, a sharp decrease from the 49 percent he had previously predicted, which he claimed would have severely damaged the country’s vital garment manufacturing industry.

The list of prize nominees is not made available by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

However, no candidates are announced until January 31 and usually are announced in October.

Numerous individuals, including lawmakers, ministers, some university professors, former Nobel laureates, and committee members themselves, can nominate members of the Nobel committee.