DONALD Trump has been officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The US president has been selected by a far-right Norwegian MP, who said the Whitehouse chief deserves recognition for his efforts in the Middle East.
However, many onlookers consider the move to be a mere publicity stunt.
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament for the far-right Progress Party, said Trump should be considered because of his work "for a peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel which opens up for possible peace in the Middle East".
"No matter how Trump acts at home and what he says at press conferences, he has absolutely a chance at getting the Nobel Peace Prize," Tybring-Gjedde told The Associated Press.
Tybring-Gjedde was also one of two Norwegian MPs who nominated Trump for the peace prize in 2018 for his efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea.
Any national legislator can nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The process of considering candidates and awarding the prize is done in Norway, in contrast to the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded in neighbouring Sweden. Nominations must be sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee by February 1.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee does not publicly comment on nominees. Under its rules, the information is required to be kept secret for 50 years.
Tybring-Gjedde said in a Facebook post: "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."
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