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| Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s governor, and a group of fellow governors are backing Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel peace prize, citing what they called Trump’s “transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula”. | Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s governor, and a group of fellow governors are backing Donald Trump’s nomination for the Nobel peace prize, citing what they called Trump’s “transformative efforts to bring peace to the Korean peninsula”. |
| Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal | Nobel prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal |
| In a letter this week to the Norwegian Nobel committee chairman, Berit Reiss-Andersen, McMaster and six fellow governors wrote that Trump’s “firm stance against nuclearization, coupled with his willingness to engage one-on-one with Pyongyang, has succeeded in opening new avenues of cooperation, friendship and unity between the two Koreas – and the rest of the world”. | In a letter this week to the Norwegian Nobel committee chairman, Berit Reiss-Andersen, McMaster and six fellow governors wrote that Trump’s “firm stance against nuclearization, coupled with his willingness to engage one-on-one with Pyongyang, has succeeded in opening new avenues of cooperation, friendship and unity between the two Koreas – and the rest of the world”. |
| The letter follows one from 18 US House Republicans, who earlier this month formally nominated Trump for the award amid preparations for a historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has also promoted the idea, sending an email encouraging supporters to “Nominate President Trump to Win the Nobel Peace Prize” by adding their name to a list. | The letter follows one from 18 US House Republicans, who earlier this month formally nominated Trump for the award amid preparations for a historic summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has also promoted the idea, sending an email encouraging supporters to “Nominate President Trump to Win the Nobel Peace Prize” by adding their name to a list. |
| McMaster was an early Trump supporter in the 2016 election, formally backing him ahead of South Carolina’s first-in-the-south primary. Then the state’s lieutenant governor, the longtime South Carolina politician became governor when Trump picked the then incumbent, Nikki Haley, as his UN ambassador. | McMaster was an early Trump supporter in the 2016 election, formally backing him ahead of South Carolina’s first-in-the-south primary. Then the state’s lieutenant governor, the longtime South Carolina politician became governor when Trump picked the then incumbent, Nikki Haley, as his UN ambassador. |
| Trump is backing McMaster in next month’s five-way South Carolina GOP primary. The president appeared at an October fundraiser, and McMaster has featured footage from that event prominently in his television ads. | Trump is backing McMaster in next month’s five-way South Carolina GOP primary. The president appeared at an October fundraiser, and McMaster has featured footage from that event prominently in his television ads. |
| Other signatories to the governors’ letter include Guam’s governor, Eddie Baza Calvo, Mississippi’s governor, Phil Bryant, Kansas’s governor, Jeff Colyer, Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice and Maine’s governor, Paul LePage. | Other signatories to the governors’ letter include Guam’s governor, Eddie Baza Calvo, Mississippi’s governor, Phil Bryant, Kansas’s governor, Jeff Colyer, Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, West Virginia’s governor, Jim Justice and Maine’s governor, Paul LePage. |
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