Donald Trump on Tuesday finally got a “peace” prize.
Well, sort of.
The president — who failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this month — was instead awarded The Richard Nixon Foundation’s Architect of Peace Award, which honors “individuals who embody [Nixon’s] lifelong goal of shaping a more peaceful world.”
Past recipients include Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, each known for foreign policies that caused human suffering.
The White House announced Trump’s award on social media with a video of him receiving a trophy in the shape of Nixon.
Trump and his allies had campaigned aggressively for him to win the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts. That award instead went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
Critics on social media were quick to note the irony that Trump’s long-awaited “peace” prize came from the foundation honoring the disgraced president who resigned over the Watergate scandal.