August 8, 2025
Mr Trump had used his favoured bargaining tool of trade deals and tariffs to get Cambodia and Thailand to agree to the truce in July. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP
Cambodia nominates US President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize
In a letter dated Aug 7 to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Mr Trump’s intervention in the conflict helped avert “a potentially devastating conflict” and restored peace along the two countries’ shared border.
