Two Republican Senators have called for President Donald Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize over the pandemic-era Operation Warp Speed.
Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and John Barrasso (R-WY), both doctors, said Operation Warp Speed warrants the Nobel Peace Prize for saving American lives and preserving the economy.
When Americans needed a vaccine in record time to stop a once-in-a-generation pandemic, President Trump delivered,” said Cassidy. “The Nobel Prize has been given for a lot less. He should receive the next one!”
Similarly, Barrasso said President Trump’s plan is a “model of American strength and ingenuity.”
“It would not have been possible without President Trump’s bold leadership. He bent an infamously slow bureaucracy to his will to bring a vaccine to market in under a year,” the senator noted. “Operation Warp Speed saved millions of lives in the United States and millions more lives around the world. President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his life-saving achievement.”
According to the senators’ resolution, President Trump “acted swiftly to protect human life by launching Operation Warp Speed to mobilize the scientific might of the United States to combat a novel pathogen.” Operation Warp Speed further “created unprecedented public-private partnerships to develop, approve, and distribute medical products in under a year.”
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has also said Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for Operation Warp Speed and the development of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, American innovation led the world, helping prevent economic collapse and saving more than 14 million lives globally,” Bourla wrote in a September statement. “Operation Warp Speed restored consumer confidence, saved over $1 trillion in health care costs due to reductions in serious illness and avoidance of hospitalizations, and rapidly scaled up domestic production.”
“This American leadership also delivered a new platform that may drive significant innovation in cancer research,” he noted. “Such an accomplishment would typically be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, given its significant impact.”
