The Asahi newspaper of Japan reported on Sunday that the Trump White House actually had to ASK Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to nominate Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. The pretend excuse why Trump should get one? His meeting with Kim Jong-un. Trump told the world on Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, (without a push from the White House) had nominated him for the prize. Trump: "Prime Minister Abe of Japan gave me the most beautiful copy of a letter that he sent to the people who give out a thing called the Nobel prize.