Given the timelines involved, that was an unrealistic expectation to begin with - for THIS year

As noted previously, the Camp David Accords were announced in September 78. Sadat and Begin were awarded the prize on October 27, 78, and presented with their prizes on December 10, 78. The Google net sifter says the prize is usually awarded on the Friday of the first full week in October, so the 78 award appears to have been a few weeks late. Perhaps the Nobel committee had been so impressed with the achievement, that they waited for a couple extra weeks while they considered the implications? If anything, acceptance of Trump's scheme for Gaza was only a few weeks late.

His nibs has been quoted as saying this year's award was actually for 2024, as if he thinks he still has a chance for next year. But what are the chances he can still posture as "peacemaker" for another year, without burning down a country or city, for the bad form of not doing what he tells them to do? Even now, troops on the streets of major US cities, and dead bodies floating in the Caribbean do not look very peaceable.

(he got an endorsement from the actual winner though).

Yes, she is astute enough to realize how Trump requires everyone to grovel to him. During the plague, I remember Trump's complaints about how "ungrateful" the Michigan Gov was to him. Gov Whitmer immediately started gushing "we are SOOO GRATEFUL" every time Trump's name came up wrt plague economic assistance programs.

Steve