Just hours before this year’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, US President Donald Trump launched a sharp attack on his predecessor Barack Obama, accusing him of receiving the prestigious award “for doing nothing.”

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump — who has repeatedly expressed his own desire to win the Nobel — said he had achieved “real peace” through his recent Gaza ceasefire deal and claimed credit for “ending eight wars.”

“He got it for doing nothing. Obama got a prize — he didn’t even know what for. He got elected, and they gave it to him for absolutely nothing but destroying our country,” Trump said.

Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, just eight months into his first term — a decision that surprised many observers. Even The New York Times had described the

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