Russian strongman Vladimir Putin tried to cozy up to President Trump — slamming the committee who has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who “did nothing for peace.”
Asked by reporters whether he thought Trump was unjustly passed over for the prestigious award that was handed out on Friday, Putin replied that he wasn’t the one who made that choice.
“There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,” the Russian dictator said in a stinging rebuke Friday in Tajikistan, where he was attending a summit of former Soviet nations.
Putin tried cozying up to Trump Friday when asked a question about this week’s Nobel Prize winner. via REUTERS“A person comes, good or bad, and in a month, in two months, boom. For what? He didn’t do anything at all. In my view, these decisions have done enormous damage to the prestige of this prize.”
The Russian dictator appeared to try to score points with his US counterpart by also taking a jab at former President Obama, who famously received the Nobel Prize just nine months into his presidency.
Trump has often lambasted his presidential rival saying he “didn’t even know what he got it for” and that Obama “got the prize for doing nothing.”
Trump was again passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize this week. AFP via Getty ImagesPutin went on to commend Trump for brokering the Gaza cease-fire.
“He’s really doing a lot to resolve such complex crises that have lasted for years and even decades,” he said.
Putin added that if the Gaza deal is carried out, it would be a “historic” achievement.
Trump was hoping to win a Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a cease-fire deal in Gaza. ZUMAPRESS.com
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize this week. REUTERSTrump, who has grown increasingly frustrated with Putin amid stalled efforts to end the war in Ukraine, took to his Truth Social network on Friday, posting a video of Putin’s comments and writing “Thank you to President Putin!”
Here’s the latest on the Gaza cease-fire deal
- Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump address cheering crowds in Tel Aviv to celebrate peace deal
- 200 US soldiers arrive in Israel, as Witkoff confirms IDF troops completed first phase of withdrawal from Gaza
- Trump set to fly to Israel to mark historic peace deal while preparing public for grim hostage release
- Putin chides Nobel winners who ‘did nothing for peace’ — tries to cozy up to Trump with Gaza deal praise
- American military to oversee initial Gaza peacekeeping force — but ‘no US troops are intended to go into Gaza’
He had been hoping to win the prestigious prize for brokering an orchestrating a long-coveted agreement between Israel and Hamas after more than two years of deadly conflict in Gaza.
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said Trump deserved the Nobel Peace Prize “many times over.”
“The President’s legacy is already cemented as Peacemaker-in-Chief, but as he said, he doesn’t care about the recognition – only saving lives,” the spokesperson added.
The five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee internally made its decision on Monday — two days before the peace deal was struck — to bestow the award on Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
