President Donald Trump’s claim that he was nominated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a Nobel Peace Prize was confirmed by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun, but the publication said it came in response to a request from the U.S. government. The paper cited an unnamed source about the genesis of the nomination, made in the wake of peace talks between the United States and North Korea. The Nobel Foundation does not disclose the identity of those making nominations and neither the Japanese Foreign Ministry nor the White House had any immediate comment on the report. Trump, in disclosing the nomination, said it was “Because [Abe] had rocket ships and he had missiles flying over Japan.
Political Cornflakes: Japanese newspaper confirms that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated President Trump for Nobel prize — but in response to a U.S. government request
