Sen. Rand Paul (Getty Images/Drew Angerer)

Since President Barack Obama escalated the U.S. war in Afghanistan, the Nobel Committee should take back his peace prize and give it to President Donald Trump, if Trump ends the war, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says.

On Friday, Sen. Paul posted the following tweet:

“Obama got a Nobel Peace Prize and subsequently sent 100,000 US troops to ramp up war in Afghanistan. If @realDonaldTrump ends the war, the Nobel Committee should retrieve Obama’s peace prize and give it to Trump!”

In his tweet, Sen. Paul linked to an article in The Washington Post declaring: “Trump plans Friday meeting to make arrangements for withdrawal from Afghanistan.”

According to The Post, Trump is planning “a phased withdrawal of U.S. forces” to “end the longest U.S. war: