“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize,” the comedian Steven Wright once joked. This may be unironically true of President Donald Trump. But of course you are not meant to kill for this award. And because the prize cannot be won through threats, bribery, or any of Trump’s other customary tools, his only remaining avenue is to actually encourage peace. Which, amazingly enough, appears to be happening.

The newly announced agreement between Israel and Hamas may or may not develop into a genuine peace deal. At a minimum, however, it appears likely to result in the release of the remaining hostages.

It is apparent that the agreement grew directly out of Trump’s desperate thirst for the Nobel. Although he has whined in public about not getting the award—“I deserve it, but they will never give it to

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