On Monday, President Donald Trump arrived in Israel to formalize a historic peace deal and also to take a victory lap as he spoke to the Knesset as the U.S. ally celebrates the release of hostages just over two years since Hamas launched its deadly terror attack on Israel.
Trump has been openly campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize since he returned to the White House, talking up his supposed skills as a dealmaker and savvy businessman. He notably brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to heel after Netanyahu bombed Qatar. He also said that the actual Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, told him, “I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.”
