President Donald Trump has been publicly backed for the Nobel Peace Prize by the leaders of multiple countries following a series of high-profile diplomatic engagements hosted at the White House and elsewhere, while his allies in Washington and abroad submit nominations on his behalf.

The Nobel Peace Prize award is among the world's most prominent international honors and hasn't been won by a Republican U.S. president since Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.

While these recent endorsements underscore the prize's global profile, several of the governments backing Trump's nomination—including Rwanda, Israel, Gabon, Azerbaijan, and Cambodia—are led by authoritarian figures, military juntas, or leaders facing international arrest warrants. Such factors could complicate the symbolism of their support for the U.S. leader.

Pakistan announced on June 20 it would nominate Trump after diplomatic interactions during a May conflict between India and Pakistan that ended in a ceasefire; the Pakistan government described the nomination as recognizing his "decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Trump with a letter he said he had sent to the Nobel Committee nominating the president for the prize during a White House visit in July.

On August 7, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet announced that he nominated Trump after a July ceasefire between Cambodia and........

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