Michael Goodwin: Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize

New York Post ^ | Oct. 11, 2025, 9:19 p.m. ET | Michael Goodwin: Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize

[E. Pluribus Unum]

In hindsight, it was clear all along that President Trump didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Yet in being snubbed, he nonetheless proved something extremely important.

His rejection reveals that the official claim of the award is false when it says the prize goes to “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

That standard describes exactly the peace Trump has achieved this year by settling conflicts around the world, most recently and dramatically in Gaza.

Large numbers of additional people would have died had he not personally intervened and sent his envoys to the region to bring Hamas and Israel to the ­table.

The tangible result is already clear, with a cease-fire in place and tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians streaming back toward Gaza City.

The release of the hostages Hamas has been holding for two brutal years is scheduled to happen tomorrow, an event that seemed all but impossible until Trump put his prestige and America’s might on the table with a vow to end the war.

He employed a brilliant tactical move by having the White House seek and quickly win the endorsement of Israel and other regional powers, including Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which created a sense of momentum that even the murderous Hamas could not resist.

‘Participation trophy’

Trump achieved something similarly dramatic in his first term, when he fashioned the historic Abraham Accords.

Then, four Muslim nations normalized relations with Israel, including trade and tourism, in a glorious ceremony on the White House lawn.

An instant headline — “Kosher food in Dubai” — captured the practical impact of historic barriers falling and ordinary people benefitting.

Unfortunately,...

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Hamas; Israel; Qatar; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabstates; hamas; israel; michaelgoodwin; newyorkpost; nobelpeaceprize; qatar; waronterror

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Nobel Prize doesn’t mean squat.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9)

That’s what counts.

[Avalon Memories]

Who cares what a bunch of Finnish fools think about anything. The Nobel Peace Prize is an empty globalist piece of trash.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

And Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has been the most underrated player of all.

[SunkenCiv]

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[hanamizu]

I well could be wrong, but everything I know about the man tells me that he’s not in it for prizes or recognition, but that he’s a true humanitarian, who wants the killing to stop, whether it is in the Middle East, Ukraine, or Chicago.

[Karliner]

Ain’t gonna happen. Hamas will not change their declaration of wiping Israel off the map.

[PIF]

Everyone seems to be counting their chickens before the eggs hatch.

[GOPJ]

God willing, next year when the Nobel committee offers Trump ‘the prize’ he’ll turn it down. And hopefully our people will turn down all liberal ‘prizes’ in the future.

It’s time for conservatives to form a ‘Merit Prize Committee’ and give out international prizes based on merit. Dynamite the nobels... the founder would have wanted it that way.