Norway Member of Parliament Christian Tybring-Gjedde poses for a photo in Oslo. A far-right Norwegian lawmaker says he has nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Prize 2021 for his efforts to reach a peace agreement in the Middle East. (Torstein Boe/NTB scanpix via AP, File)APNorwegian politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde announced Wednesday that he nominated President Donald J. Trump for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to broker a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.“I have nominated U. S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Progress Party, said in a statement. “It is now to hope that the Nobel Committee is able to consider what Trump has achieved internationally and that it does not stumble in established prejudice against the US President.”The Norwegian Progress Party is a far-right populist party.“I am proud to leave for Washington next week at the invitation of President Trump and to participate in the historic ceremony at the White House on the establishment of a peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates,” tweeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump will hold a signing ceremony for the Middle East agreement to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates on Sept. 15.“In his will, Alfred Nobel set three criteria to qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize. Donald Trump satisfies all three,” Tybring-Gjedde said. This is the second time that Tybring-Gjedde has nominated Trump for the prize. In 2018, Tybring-Gjedde and another member of his party put Trump up for the prize because of the efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea. According to Nobel’s will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who in the preceding year “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.”The nomination comes in the midst of the allegations that the commander in chief called U. S. veterans and soldiers killed in action “suckers” and “losers.”The Atlantic published a piece Thursday documenting times in which the president expressed contempt for soldiers killed or injured, citing multiple officials with firsthand knowledge of such conversations. Trump categorically denies the allegations reported in the Atlantic, saying that they are “totally false,” “a disgraceful situation” and a “terrible magazine.”The Nobel Committee does not itself announce the names of nominees, to the media or the candidates themselves. Information in the Nobel Committee’s nomination database is not made public until after 50 years. Related Content:Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.