US House speaker says he, Knesset counterpart to rally for Trump Nobel

Rep. Mike Johnson, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announced on Tuesday that he will join Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana in a global push to nominate President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Ohana made the initial statement on the matter during Trump’s visit to Israel on Monday.

“This is a historic moment that deserves enormous credit and recognition on the world stage. It’s truly, truly historic,” Johnson told reporters. “For generations, we have aspired to peace in the Middle East. Everyone around the world has. And now President Trump has delivered it.”

Johnson said he and Ohana “are going to embark upon a project together to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so that we will jointly nominate” Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. “No one has ever deserved that prize more, and that is an objective fact.”

He pointed to a verse from the Talmud, repeated in the Quran, which says that “Whoever saves one life, it is as though he has saved an entire world,” which Ohana cited on Monday.

Johnson said, “It’s an indisputable fact that no president has undertaken the work of saving lives and pursuing peace with such determination— and with such remarkable success—as President Trump.”

The Louisiana Republican said he and Ohana will have more to share on their effort in the coming weeks.

Ohana said on Monday during Trump’s Knesset visit that “Through your strength of character and unwavering resolve, you brought an end to bloody conflicts in no fewer than eight regions across the globe,” adding, “You have proven that true peace is achieved through strength—and that only those who are prepared to use force in the present, can prevent the need to use it in the future.”

Ohana, in announcing his partnership with Johnson, told Trump, “You, more than any other individual, are deserving of the highest recognition for your efforts in promoting peace.”