Trump jokes about Nobel Prize at inaugural Board of Peace meeting, says Norway will host Gaza aid gathering
President Donald Trump welcomed leaders from around the world on Thursday as he hosted the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, D.C. One country that would not...
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President Donald Trump welcomed leaders from around the world on Thursday as he hosted the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, D.C. One country that would not be joining the board, but will be hosting a related event is Norway. The U.S. president announced the plan for Norway to host a meeting on Palestinian aid during the inaugural meeting of the board on Thursday. However, as he announced Norway's plans, he joked about getting the Nobel Peace Prize. TRUMP CONVENES FIRST 'BOARD OF PEACE' MEETING AS GAZA REBUILD HINGES ON HAMAS DISARMAMENT "I'm excited to announce that Norway has agreed to host an event bringing together the Board of Peace — Oh, I thought when I saw this note, 'I'm excited to announce that Norway,' I thought they were going to say that they're giving me the Nobel Prize. Oh, this is less exciting," Trump quipped. "Oh, it says, 'I'm excited to announce that Norway,' and I'm saying, 'Oh, great, I'm getting the Nobel Prize. Finally, finally, they got it right.' But I don't care, I don't care about the Nobel Prize. I care about saving lives." Trump received several nominations for the prize. However, they were declared past the Nobel Committee's nomination deadline. In the end, the award was given to then-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Following the capture of Venezuela's dictatorial leader Nicolás Maduro , Machado came to the U.S., where she met with Trump and presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize. "I presented the President of the United States the medal… the Nobel Peace Prize, and I told him, 'Listen to this, 200 years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with George Washington's face on it," Machado said while speaking at the U.S. Capitol in January. "He kept that medal for the rest of his life. Actually, when you see his portraits, you can see the medal." She said Lafayette gave the medal to Bolívar as a symbol of the partnership between the people of the U.S. and the people of Venezuela…