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Cambodia formally nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the U.S. leader threatened to halt trade deals unless the Southeast Asian nation agreed to a ceasefire with Thailand in a recent armed conflict.
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In a letter dated Aug. 7 to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Trump’s intervention in the conflict helped avert “a potentially devastating conflict” and restored peace along the two countries’ shared border. He credited Trump’s “visionary and innovative diplomacy” for the breakthrough.
Trump had used his favored bargaining tool of trade deals and tariffs to get Cambodia and Thailand to agree to the truce last month. The ceasefire came after five days of clashes that included airstrikes and artillery shelling, which left dozens dead and displaced over 300,000 people along the roughly 800-kilometre (500-mile) border.
The U.S. president has repeatedly said he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in mediating conflicts, including between Pakistan and India and Iran and Israel. Pakistan also nominated Trump for the prize, although India has consistently said Trump played no role in securing the truce. Recipients of the peace prize typically don’t lobby for the award.
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