Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to negotiate peace deals around the world, specifically citing his work brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n
‘He\u2019s really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises that have lasted for years and even decades,’ Putin said at a summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where he met with leaders of nations once part of the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
The remarks came in response to a question about whether he felt Trump had been passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The award was given Friday morning to Venezuelan opposition leader and democracy activist Mar\u00eda Corina Machado.<\/p>\n
‘There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,’ Putin said. ‘A person comes \u2014 good or bad \u2014 and [gets it] in a month, in two months \u2014 boom. For what? He didn\u2019t do anything at all.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
‘In my view, these decisions have done enormous damage to the prestige of this prize,’ he continued.<\/p>\n
In September, Trump alluded to the likelihood that he would again be passed over for the Nobel Prize despite helping to end several conflicts.<\/p>\n
‘If this works out, we\u2019ll have eight \u2014 eight in eight months. That\u2019s pretty good,’ Trump said during remarks to dozens of top generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia. ‘Nobody\u2019s ever done that. Will you get the Nobel Prize? Absolutely not.<\/p>\n
‘They\u2019ll give it to some guy that didn\u2019t do a damn thing,’ he continued. ‘They\u2019ll give it to the guy who wrote a book about the mind of Donald Trump and what it took to solve the wars. The Nobel Prize will go to a writer.’<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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