Cambodian Buddhist Monks Thank President Trump, Recommend Nobel Peace Prize
On August 10, 2025, Cambodian Buddhist monks took to the streets of Phnom Penh to express their gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump for his pivotal role in negotiating a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand. The agreement, finalized in early August, ended a volatile border conflict that flared up in late July 2025, threatening regional stability. Over 2,500 monks participated in the peaceful march, many carrying portraits of Trump as a gesture of appreciation for his diplomatic efforts. The procession also served as a solemn tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives during the clashes.
In a significant endorsement, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet formally nominated President Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. In his nomination, Hun Manet praised Trump’s “extraordinary statesmanship” and “visionary diplomacy,” crediting him with averting a potentially catastrophic escalation. The ceasefire has been hailed as a critical step toward restoring peace along the contested border, fostering hope for lasting reconciliation between the two nations.
Wow, the monks thanking Trump for stopping the Cambodia-Thailand conflict? That’s huge! He’s really making waves for peace. Nobel Prize makes sense!
Cambodian monks know a peacemaker when they see one! Trump’s saving lives while the media ignores it. A Trump brokered peace in SE Asia, and now monks are chanting his name? This is why he’s a global leader. MSM won’t cover this, but it’s real!
This whole Cambodian monks thanking Trump thing smells like a calculated move. Cambodia’s been cozying up to China for years, those Belt and Road projects and military ties don’t lie. Now they’re parading 2,500 Buddhist monks to praise Trump for a Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire and push for a Nobel Peace Prize? Come on, it’s flattery diplomacy 101. They’re playing both sides, buttering up the U.S. to score better trade deals or ease sanctions pressure while keeping Beijing as their main backer. The monks add a nice spiritual touch makes it look heartfelt but it’s just a PR stunt to mask the real game: geopolitics and economic leverage. Peace prizes don’t get awarded for this kind of political theater, and the ceasefire’s probably more about regional stability than Trump’s genius. Check the trade numbers: Cambodia’s exports to the U.S. were $8.4 billion in 2024, and they’re desperate to keep those tariffs low. This is about dollars, not dharma.
If President Trump cured cancer and ended world hunger you be advocate protecting cancer and the benefits of starvation.
It’s beautiful to see 2,500 monks marching for peace and thanking Trump for the ceasefire. If he helped stop a war between Cambodia and Thailand, that’s worth celebrating! Nobel Prize might be a stretch, but this is a step toward global harmony.
100% staged. Hun Manet, the offspring of the murderer and dictator Hun Sen, is and will always be the puppet of Communist Vietnam and China. I hope President Trump doesn’t fall into this vicious trap. The Communist Cambodians Hate America, but they love the greenback. The government is and will always be the subservient of the communist Vietnam and China. The Khmer (Cambodian) leadership is made of entrenched corrupt people, marked by deep nepotism, and relentless exploitation of its own people. For them, and that is no secret, flattery is their way to enrich themselves more and more. The Third World countries always believed that Americans are naive and slow to wake up to the reality. If anyone has doubt, please read the book that I authored and recently published by Outskirt Press entitled “No Greater Loss: Memoirs of A Green Beret Under Two Flags”. Instead of imposing 19% tariff, President Trump should jack up more. This Cambodian government will conspire with its benefactor, China, and ship Chinese goods to Cambodia and onward to the USA. It’s the same old tricks.
No Greater Loss: Memoirs of a Green Beret Under Two Flags
To those who minimize the importance of this event, and the points are well taken, I do not agree with the conclusion.
That this many Buddhist Monks have risen up as one voice is not just some spiritual nicety. These men take their religion, and their religious vows, extremely seriously. It is unlikely that such men would engage in this type of theater strictly for political gain, notwithstanding the excellent points made by Stephen and Saren about the importance of keeping a wary eye on Red China.
I certainly respect your viewpoint. Here is how it works in Cambodia. The strong man tells the Buddhist monk hierarchy to stage this event sympathetic to our President. The Khmer leadership knows how to exploit American kindness and uncompromising respect for religious freedom. Of course, the monks had to comply. The monks will get along with any Cambodian regime, Communist or not, because Buddhism is a very peaceful religion and will shy away from any confrontation. I was a Buddhist monk once to pay tribute to my deceased parents and family members. The corruption exists in the Cambodian Buddhist monk hierarchy, and it is a fact. I am not looking outside in and speculating. I am looking out from inside in.