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Nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and the rise of flattery diplomacy
Cambodia’s move to do so suggests countries see new opportunities to disarm and engage the US.
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US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office with (from right) General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth on Sept 5.
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It may appear somewhat of a non sequitur at first glance: Cambodia, a country so closely aligned with Beijing that it is routinely written off by international observers as little more than a Chinese client state, has officially nominated US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize
The Cambodian government’s eagerness to flatter the Trump administration in general has provided one of the more striking talking points in terms of the diplomatic fallout from the five-day border conflict with Thailand and the ensuing negotiated ceasefire agreed on July 28.
