After spending weeks boasting about being a favorite for the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump was instead honored by the Richard Nixon Foundation with the Architect of Peace Award.
The Foundation said the Architect of Peace Award honors individuals who “embody his lifelong goal of shaping a more peaceful world.”
During the ceremony, the White House shared a short video of Donald Trump smiling as he accepted the gold trophy featuring Richard Nixon’s image.
President Donald J. Trump receives the Richard Nixon Foundation’s ARCHITECT OF PEACE AWARD. 🇺🇸🕊️ pic.twitter.com/gZa0pxBjsh
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 22, 2025
People flooded X with disbelief, calling the event one of the most ironic moments in modern politics.
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The sight of Trump receiving an award from a foundation tied to Richard Nixon, who resigned after the Watergate scandal, felt surreal to many.
So he got the TEMU Nobel Peace Prize?
— The Real Deep State (@realDeepState69) October 22, 2025
I’m not sure one should be proud to receive an award named after Nixon.
— Azim Somani (@pups71) October 22, 2025
From one crook to another.
— RR (@RachelR37011) October 22, 2025
OK, this seriously has to be an onion article…? It’s not!
— CoolTopShop (@CoolTopShopTees) October 22, 2025
Couldn’t get the Nobel peace prize he was begging for so he had to give himself a consolation trophy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
— MAGAtard killer (@Cayekqns) October 22, 2025
Is this a joke? https://t.co/xpczM9ZVv0
— MM 🇦🇺 (@MinxieMagoo) October 22, 2025
Oh, that’s rich. Trump finally got his peace prize—from the Nixon Foundation, no less. The guy who tried to overthrow democracy just got honored by the ghost of Watergate. 😅😂🤣
“Architect of Peace”? Please. The only thing he’s ever built is chaos, golf resorts, and cults of… pic.twitter.com/8190ejdQWh
— P a u l ◉ (@SkylineReport) October 22, 2025
When they won’t give you the Nobel Peace Prize
— Colin Talks Crypto 🪙 (@ColinTCrypto) October 22, 2025
He received the ol’ Tricky Dick award?
— Rachel (@meta_rach) October 22, 2025
There’s a level of irony here that both amuses me and disgusts me.
— Banned from Yuri 😔 (@HollowAfro) October 22, 2025
Richard Nixon was the only US president in history to resign from office because of a scandal. Hopefully, history will repeat itself.
— Fellarina Bavovna (@Fellarina4Ua) October 22, 2025
A Nixon Award seems ironically appropriate
— Maxwell Black (@Coreandor) October 22, 2025
The Nixon Foundation defended its choice, saying the award recognizes leaders who “advance the cause of peace through strength.”
Ambassador Robert C. O’Brien, who served as Trump’s national security adviser, praised him saying, “President Trump’s America First foreign policy is rooted in robust personal diplomacy combined with a peace through strength philosophy. The results have been simply incredible in the number of ceasefires and peace deals that he has achieved around the world.”
Previous recipients of the same award include Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, all remembered for foreign policies that drew global criticism.
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