The legislative leaders of the Knesset and the U.S. House of Representatives officially began their campaign on Tuesday to enlist parliamentary leaders from around the world to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in Washington to affix their signatures to a letter nominating Trump for the honor, something he repeatedly has insisted he deserved.

The two men said in October that they would lead a worldwide campaign on behalf of Trump, and said their meeting on Tuesday would kick off that effort. The letter will be circulated to legislative leaders around the world to sign before being sent to the Nobel committee, they said.

“For the first time in modern history, speakers and presidents of pa

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