White House braces for another Nobel Peace Prize snub but Trump could turn prospects around with two actions

WASHINGTON — The White House is bracing for President Trump to be snubbed once again when the Nobel Peace Prize is announced on Friday, but some experts see a path for him to eventually claim the prestigious honor down the road.Several humanitarian organizations are favored to become this year’s Nobel laureate, mainly to combat what happened with last year’s winner.Then, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave Trump her medal during a White House visit in January, saying he deserved it.Still, a few names are getting the buzz, including Pope Leo IX, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Even Melania Trump is being praised for her work reuniting 34 Ukrainian and Russian children with their families, although she’s considered a longshot at garnering the medal.Trump has made it no secret he wants the prize for himself.“I settled eight wars.

Another one is coming.I got all the hostages back.

I did things that nobody else has ever done.I’m not bragging.

I’m just telling you the facts,” he told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.The president indicated, however, he didn’t expect to get the award this year.“They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me,” he said of the Nobel Committee, “but I, whether I get it or not, I have done far more, and I think it would be a great discredit to them.And I’m not saying that out of scorn.”The Iran war, started by Trump in conjunction with Israel, is seen as a big strike against him.

But some believe Trump still has a chance at the award during his presidency, if he can do two things: end the Russian-Ukraine war and bring peace to the Middle East. “Donald Trump can always turn this around,” Dr.Arta Moeini, director of research at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy, told The Post.

“He could forge a new Middle East, and he could forge it diplomatically and through peace rather than through ...