These efforts prompted several of the countries involved to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize. If the objective is the Nobel Peace Prize, the contradictions are glaring. Some even argue that the negative impact of Trump’s tariff war is comparable to that of a global conventional war. Of course, the Nobel Peace Prize is not necessarily awarded to those who have made the most substantive contributions to peace. A recent post on the White House’s social media accounts proclaimed that “the world is calling for the Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to Donald Trump,” a self-serving effort to build momentum in advance.