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Trump Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize After Singapore Summit

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President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two Norwegian lawmakers after the Singapore summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Lawmakers with the populist Progress Party, Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen, on Wednesday, disclosed to Norwegian news agency NTB, that Trump “had taken a huge and important step in the direction of the disarmament, peace and reconciliation between North and South Korea.”

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Trump’s nomination for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has also been supported by the some group of Lawmakers.

The process of considering candidates and awarding the Nobel Peace Prize is done in Norway.

Norwegian Nobel Committee must receive the nomination before Feb. 1.

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The committee doesn’t publicly comment on who was nominated, information which is required to be kept secret for 50 years.