Trump gripes again that he hasn’t won Nobel Peace Prize for mediating conflicts, Abraham Accords

US President Donald Trump complains he will not get a Nobel Peace Prize as he takes credit for a peace deal negotiated in Washington between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

The warring African nations said in a joint statement on Wednesday that they had initialed an agreement aimed at ending the conflict in eastern DRC — to be formally signed in the US capital next week.

“This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World!” Trump says in a Truth Social post confirming the breakthrough.

But his triumphant tone darkens as he complains that he had been overlooked by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for his mediating role in conflicts between India and Pakistan, as well as Serbia and Kosovo.

He also demands credit for “keeping peace” between Egypt and Ethiopia and brokering the Abraham Accords, a series of agreements aiming to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab nations.

Trump campaigned for office as a “peacemaker” who would use his negotiating skills to quickly end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, although both conflicts are still raging five months into his presidency.

Indian officials have denied that he had any role in its ceasefire with Pakistan.

The government of Pakistan, meanwhile, said it would formally recommend Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” during the recent conflict.

However, Trump’s claims for the Abraham Accords being able to “unify the Middle East” have yet to be realized, with war breaking out between Israel and Iran, and no end in sight to the conflict in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 terror onslaught.

And critics say the Republican greatly exaggerated the significance of the 2020 Serbia-Kosovo agreements, which were statements of intent that were thin on details and quickly unraveled.

Trump has made no secret of his irritation at missing out on the prestigious award, bringing it up as recently as February during an Oval Office meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Barack Obama won the prize soon after taking office in 2009, and Trump complained during his 2024 election campaign that his Democratic predecessor was not worthy of the honor.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.