One of President Donald Trump’s worst enemies has revealed she would nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize if he can bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Trump’s 2016 presidential opponent Hillary Clinton made the shocking admission in an interview released on Friday hours before Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
‘I understand, from everything I read, that he would very much like to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,’ Clinton told Raging Moderates podcast co-host Jessica Tarlov.
‘Honestly, if he could bring about the end to this terrible war, if he could end it without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor, but instead could really stand up to Putin…
‘I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.’
The former US secretary of state added that Trump has the chance to be the ‘architect’ of a deal that would not involve Ukraine giving up some of its land, as its President Volodymyr Zelensky has firmly been against.
‘If we could pull that off, if President Trump were the architect of that, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize,’ said Clinton.
‘Because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin, aided and abetted by the United States.’
Clinton’s willingness to nominate Trump is surprising given the two have continued to take shots at each other years after he defeated her in the election.
But meeting her stipulations is a tall order. Days before his one-on-one with Putin, Trump said there ‘would be some land swapping’, or territorial concessions, as part of a deal.
Trump then told European leaders that he aims to secure a ceasefire and not talk about giving up land.
The US president’s scathing criticisms of Clinton have included calling her ‘Crooked Hillary’ and getting his supporters to chant, ‘Lock her up.’
Trump was asked what he thought of Clinton’s comment by a Fox News anchor traveling aboard Air Force One with him en route to Alaska.
‘Well, uh, that was… very nice,’ Trump responded.
‘I might have to start liking her again.’
Trump has been nominated for the prize already by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican Rep Buddy Carter for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Iran-Israel conflict.
In an Oval Office meeting with Netanyahu in February after he helped both sides agree to a temporary ceasefire over Gaza, Trump lamented: ‘They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I deserve it.’
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