A 'confused' Trump tried to take credit for the Ethiopian prime minister's Nobel Peace Prize

• President Donald Trump falsely claimed that he deserves credit for the Nobel Peace Prize recently awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

• Ahmed was awarded the prestigious prize for negotiating a peace deal between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea following 20 years of bloody conflict. Trump had nothing to do with these peace negotiations.

• "I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said, 'What, did I have something do with it?' Yeah," Trump said.
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At a rally in Ohio Thursday night, President Donald Trump claimed that he deserves credit for the Nobel Peace Prize recently awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

"I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said, 'What, did I have something do with it?'" Trump said. "Yeah. But that's the way it is. As long as we know, that's all that matters."

The "deal" Trump was referring to was his offer to help negotiate an agreement between the Ethiopian prime minister and Egypt's prime minister over a dam on the Nile river.

But Ahmed was awarded the prestigious prize for negotiating a peace deal between Ethipia and neighboring Eritrea following 20 years of bloody conflict. Trump had nothing to do with these peace negotiations.

The Democratic-led House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed Trump's remark, tweeting, "Trump is confused."

"I made a deal, I saved a country, and I just heard that the head of that country is now getting the Nobel Peace Prize for saving the country. I said, 'what, did I have something do with it?'" -- Trump whines about not having a Nobel Peace Prize pic.twitter.com/PjVsZCkThY

- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 10, 2020

Trump is confused.
PM @AbiyAhmedAli was awarded the @NobelPrize for his efforts to bring peace to the Horn of Africa, not stalled negotiations about a new dam on the Nile.

If they gave the Nobel for deals that didn't happen, the Pres. would have a shelf full of them. #Ethiopia https://t.co/WhJ6nLvb6Z

- House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) January 10, 2020