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Trump Downplays Nobel Peace Prize During Ongoing U.S. Operation in Iran

In a Washington Examiner call, the president said he has “no idea” whether the conflict would help his Nobel chances.

Overview

  • President Donald Trump said he is not interested in the Nobel Peace Prize and no longer talks about it, according to the Washington Examiner interview.
  • He added that he has “no idea” if the war in Iran would “get him over the line” with the Nobel Committee.
  • Reporting places the comments more than a week into Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military campaign underway in Iran.
  • Raw Story cited a preliminary assessment attributing an apparent Tomahawk strike on an Iranian school that reportedly killed nearly 200 girls to U.S. forces, with the figures and attribution not independently verified.
  • Outlets including The Daily Beast and ResetEra highlighted the shift in tone as coverage notes the intensifying conflict and evolving casualty reports.