Both Sides Mock Karoline Leavitt's Latest Trump Claim
Leavitt shared a link on X to a USA Today column arguing that Trump is deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize. He's achieved more than those who've won before. https://t.co/VwLOZ49Wg5
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) July 10, 2025
Twitter: @PressSec
The text of Leavitt's post on X was also the headline of the story: 'Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize. He's achieved more than those who've won before.'
The column argued that Trump's attack on Iran last month stopped the nation from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Trump himself claimed the strike 'totally obliterated' Iran's facilities. Analysts have been more measured, saying the strikes may have only set Iran's nuclear program back by a few months.
The column also credits Trump for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, and notes that he is trying to broker one between Israel and Hamas as well.
Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he had nominated Trump for the honor.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been a sore spot for Trump for years. He's complained repeatedly about not getting one, has griped that President Barack Obama has one, and insisted that he should have had ' four or five ' of them by now.
But critics pointed out that Trump bombed Iran before the ceasefire, and that the United States has been providing Israel with weapons in its various offensives, among other reasons, Trump shouldn't get the prize.
They fired back on X:
Honey, I voted for him more times than you probably did—and this is delusional and absurd.
— Sean Ross Callaghan (@seanrcallaghan) July 10, 2025
@seanrcallaghan
He's not going to get the Peace Prize after refusing to rule out military force to take Greenland.
He's not going to get it while attacking the rule of law and ignoring court rulings in his home country.
He's not going to get it by building concentration camps in swamps and…
— Mr. Yellow 🅰️⚛️ (@Gamboleer) July 11, 2025
@gamboleer
Never gonna happen
— Avatar 👉🏽 @backavatar on 🦋 (@BackAvatar) July 10, 2025
@backavatar
Its absolutely comical to suggest he deserves a peace prize after bombing another nation and making us pay for the massacre israel is undertaking.
Obama didnt deserve it and neither does he.
This admin has lost its collective mind. https://t.co/KnaZNJpOg7
— Cassandra MacDonald (@CassandraRules) July 10, 2025
@CassandraRules
Embarrassingly out of touch. Please don't turn into Biden 2.0
— Gabe K (@kranbjam) July 10, 2025
Twitter: @kranbjam
Trump is closer to winning a Nobel Prize in Physics than to a Nobel Peace Prize, and he doesn't know a boson from a bozo.
— Marc Van Ranst (@vanranstmarc) July 11, 2025
@vanranstmarc
Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize for conflicts he never ended, solutions he never delivered, and lies he keeps repeating. He claimed he could stop the war in Ukraine—he didn't. He claimed he brought peace between Israel and Palestine—he didn't. He even took credit for resolving…
— Thomas St James (@Thomasstjames3) July 10, 2025
@thomasstjames3
Anyone who protects pedophiles does not deserve a "peace prize."
— Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 (@EvanAKilgore) July 10, 2025
@evanakilgore
I love that he's this frustrated over not getting it. He never will.
— BluesBoyCanada (@ButlerLonney) July 11, 2025
@butlerlonney
Are you testing out your comedy skills for a new career in stand-up?
— HealthRanger (@HealthRanger) July 11, 2025
@healthranger
Sure, give him the Nobel.
Maybe next to Netanyahu for all that peace they've brought to the Middle East.
The irony is almost poetic.
— 𝔘𝔩𝔲𝔟𝔞𝔱𝔩ı𝔥𝔞𝔰𝔞𝔫ı𝔪 (@CriticerX) July 10, 2025
@criticerx
I don't think someone who is protecting pedophiles should get the Nobel Peace Prize.
— Philip Anderson (@VoteHarrisOut) July 10, 2025
@voteharrisout
Press Secretary badly ratioed. How out of touch is @WhiteHouse? https://t.co/QCVvFnZF0B
— Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) July 10, 2025
@barnes_law
He sets fires and outs them out occasionally. The argument is that he should get a prize for the times he puts them out. https://t.co/P4ivJdQAxD
— Shirokane Choja (@ShirokaneChoja) July 10, 2025
@shirokanechoja
All of you seem to be posting an awful lot the last few days... Trying to get people's attention off of a certain topic? You think everyone is so stupid, huh?
— Joe (@PatriotJoe13) July 10, 2025
Twitter: @PatriotJoe13
— J Madison (@JonMadison711) July 10, 2025
Twitter: @JonMadison711
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