Donald Trump reportedly nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Washington, Feb 4: The Republican frontrunner for US presidential poll Donald Trump has reportedly been nominated as potential recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2016.
It is not clear who nominated Donald Trump for the Peace Prize, reported CNN citing Peace Research Institute (PRIO) Director Kristian Berg Harpviken as saying.
PRIO Oslo conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.
He has been nominated for his vigorous peace through strength ideology, used as a threat weapon of deterrence against radical Islam, ISIS, nuclear Iran and Communist China.
Trump
who
announced
his
presidential
candidacy
in
June,
drew
flaks
after
he
insulted
a
war
hero,
Latinos,
a
disabled
reporter,
and
a
popular
Fox
News
anchor.
He
also
suggested
to
put
a
blanket
ban
on
entry
of
Muslims
in
US
after
Joseph
Stalin,
Benito
Mussolini,
Vladimir
Putin
and
Adolf
Hitler
nominated
for
the
Nobel
Prize
in
past
seen
as
surprising
nominations
for
the
coveted
award.
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It is pertinent to note that a nomination and awarding Peace Prize are different. The Nobel committees invite thousands of people every year to nominate peace prize recipients.
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