Trump has shamelessly promoted himself for the prize—but other world leaders have also nominated him, in recognition of his efforts towards international peace.

While Trump did receive a Cambodian nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, the nomination came from the country's prime minister, Hun Manet. Yon Seng Yeath, a leading figure among Cambodian buddhist monks,

By all appearances, US President Donald Trump wants to be remembered not just as a former US president, but as a global peacemaker, a man whose handshakes stopped wars and whose name belongs beside the likes of Mandela and Carter in Nobel history.