Devoid of Nobel, Trump honored with peace award from Richard Nixon Foundation at White House

US President Donald Trump received the 'Architect of Peace Award' from the Richard Nixon Foundation during a ceremony at the White House. Among those presenting it were Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia Nixon Cox; former national security adviser Robert O'Brien; and Jim Byron, the acting archivist of the US.

The pictures of the award-giving ceremony were shared by White House aide Margo Martin on X, formerly known as Twitter. According to the Richard Nixon Foundation's website, the award, established in 1995, is given to people who embody Nixon's "lifelong goal of shaping a more peaceful world."

Trump took Nixon family members to the West Wing colonnade to see his Presidential Walk of Fame and a picture of Nixon, who resigned in 1974 following the Watergate scandal.


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No Nobel prize for Trump

Donald Trump played a key role the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which was announced two days before the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded. Donald Trump has publicly advocated that he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, saying he had intervened in numerous conflicts and saved millions of lives.

After the Nobel Prize was awarded to Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, White House communications director Steven Cheung accused the Nobel committee of choosing "politics over peace."

Trump, for his part, said he called Machado to congratulate her and said she said "I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it."

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Which other US Presidents have received Architect of Peace Award?

Trump became the third US president to receive the Architect of Peace Award, joining George H.W. Bush (2000) and George W. Bush (2024). Other distinguished recipients include Henry Kissinger (1996 and 2022), Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and John McCain.

In 2024, Farah Pahlavi, the widow of Iran’s last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and their son Reza Pahlavi were also honored with the award.