US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has suggested that outgoing President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting harmony between Arab countries and Israel.

This comes despite Trump facing trial in the Senate after becoming the first US president to be charged with misconduct in office for a second time.

cc: @NobelPrize pic.twitter.com/XtjW6ehEMt

— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 13, 2021

The trial will be held after the president leaves office next Wednesday.

Pompeo’s suggestion was made on his official Twitter account, with a photo of Trump waving from a White House balcony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain and a message that only included a link to the Nobel committee.

Last year, Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed were put forward for the award by Nobel laureate Lord David Trimble for normalizing relations between Israel and the UAE.

#UAE Receives First Shipment of #Illegal Jewish #Settlement Goods https://t.co/YMyB7Nxpu3 via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/Ei10kQyfMx

— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) January 11, 2021

Following the signing, a far-right Norwegian politician, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, said he had also nominated the US president for the award.

The UAE was the first Arab country to establish diplomatic ties with Israel last year, it was quickly followed by Bahrain, Sudan and, more recently, Morocco. The agreements were slammed by Palestinian officials.

The winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, which is selected by a panel of five people appointed by the Norwegian parliament, will be announced in October.

(MEMO, PC, Social Media)