A senior Ukrainian lawmaker who put President Donald Trump forward for a Nobel Peace Prize has withdrawn his nomination. Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign committee, told Newsweek on Tuesday that he had "lost any sort of faith and belief" in Trump and his ability to secure a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

From the moment in October 2009 when Barack Obama was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize that even he didn’t think he had earned, Republicans have been frantic to even the score by getting one of these recognitions for a president of their own.