This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Hillary Clinton, whose 2016 presidential race loss to President Donald Trump was the second time she failed in such a campaign, has adopted a mantra in the following years – now approaching a decade – that Trump's term in office was illegitimate.
Her claims have been based on the completely debunked conspiracy theory she's credited for creating – the Russiagate agenda, that Trump's campaign that year colluded with Russia.
Actually, the players in that conspiracy, Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and many more, now apparently are under investigation by both Congress and the Department of Justice over the damage they may have done to America.
Now, in a stunning new direction, Clinton claims she'd nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize if he's able to bring about an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Actually, Trump already has been nominated several times for the other regional conflicts he's worked to resolve around the globe.
But Clinton, described as "perhaps President Donald Trump's most bitter rival," dropped her "bombshell" on a podcast.
"Honestly, if he could bring about the end to this terrible war, if he could end it without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor, could really stand up to Putin — something we haven't seen, but maybe this is the opportunity — if President Trump were the architect of that, I'd nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize," she said.
"Because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin."
The promise came just as Trump is heading to Alaska to hold high-stakes talks with Russian chief Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine was invaded, and Western nations, including the U.S., have delivered billions of dollars in aid over the three years of the war.
Putin lately has called for Ukraine to pull troops from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions and admit those areas are part of Russia.
Analysts have said Putin may be open to compromise, as the war has drained his nation of its military equipment, personnel and finances.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he won't agree to giving up Ukrainian land.