Donald Trump expressed gratitude to Hillary Clinton after she said she would nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize if he ended the Ukraine-Russia war.
The Former Secretary of State made the surprise statement ahead of Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
When asked about the comments by Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Special Report aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said: ‘That’s very nice. I might have to start liking her again.’
Clinton put forward her suggesting during an appearance on Jessica Tarlov’s ‘Raging Moderates’ podcast
‘If he could end it without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor, could really stand up to Putin, something we haven’t seen, but maybe this is the opportunity,’ she said.
‘If President Trump were the architect of that, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.
‘Because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin’, the meeting between the two on Friday ended up being largely fruitless after not reaching a deal to end the war.
The president has made no secret of his desire for the award. Barack Obama was the last president given the honor.
President Trump is seen here outside of Air Force One before taking off for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin
The Former Secretary of State made the surprise statement ahead of Trump’s meeting with Putin
Trump has posted about it on multiple occasions on social media, but he claims he is not working to secure the prize.
‘A lot of people say because I’m of a certain persuasion, no matter what I do they won’t give it [to me.],’ he said last week after hatching a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Both leaders thanked Trump for his role in the peace talks and said they would recommend him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
‘I think President Trump deserves to have the Nobel Peace Prize and we will defend that and promote that, that’s obvious,’ Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
Trump had campaigned to end wars in Gaza and Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, which has proven elusive.
Trump has also been credited with helping calm tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Israel and Iran, and India and Pakistan.
The president also claimed in June he was able to stop a war between Kosovo and Serbia, revealing on social media they were on the verge of war until he stopped it.
Following their meeting on Friday, Trump said he and Putin didn’t reach a deal to end the war, though Putin suggested they had hammered out ‘an understanding’.
Trump and Putin shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in Alaska on Friday
‘There’s no deal until there‘s a deal,’ Trump said. He said that while there were many points where agreement was reached, they fell short on others.
Trump said he planned to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders soon, to brief them on the discussions.
He added: ‘We had an extremely productive meeting, and many points were agreed to.
‘And there are just a very few that are left. Some are not that significant. One is probably the most significant, but we have a very good chance of getting there.’
The high-profile summit ended without a deal to end, or even pause, the brutal conflict – the largest land war in Europe since 1945 – which has raged for three years.
