Donald Trump claimed he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending wars and preventing nuclear conflict, particularly with Iran. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump asserted that he had ended eight wars and saved millions of lives but acknowledged doubts about his chances due to competition from other nominees. The president also mentioned receiving a symbolic 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal indirectly through Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who gave him her award as she sought US support against the Maduro government. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee later stated that the prize is non-transferable and clarified that Trump’s indirect receipt did not confer any official status to his claim.
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Donald Trump renewed his call for a Nobel Peace Prize by claiming he has helped stop the obliteration of mankind during his peacemaking efforts, but insisted the award will never go to someone 'like him'.
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The US President claimed those efforts have helped end eight wars and save millions of lives, and purported another victory will soon follow despite stalled ceasefire talks between Washington and Tehran.
'I'm not bragging.
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I'm just telling you the facts.
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No president probably has settled any wars.
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I settled eight wars and big ones, and saved millions and millions of lives,' Mr Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
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'I settled eight wars, another one is coming.
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I got all the hostages back.
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I stopped maybe the total obliteration of the world because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
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Yet the 47th president, who has made his Nobel Peace Prize ambitions crystal clear, acknowledged doubt about his odds as he faces competition from frontrunners including Pope Leo XIV.
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'I don't know what their decision is going to be,' Mr Trump said of the 2026 award, which the Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce on Friday.
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'They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me.'
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Since his return to the White House last year, the US President has repeatedly voiced his belief that he deserves what many consider the world's most prestigious award.
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'It is about that time,' Mr Trump said in the Oval Office.
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'But I was very honored to receive it indirectly last time by the recipient, who said nobody in history deserves it more than President Trump.'
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US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters during an announcement on Trump Accounts in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday
Mr Trump claimed his peacemaking efforts have helped end eight wars and save millions of lives, and purported another victory will soon follow despite stalled ceasefire talks between Washington and Tehran
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Mr Trump in January as she sought US support for her efforts in Venezuela.
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It came after the US forcibly removed Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro from power in January, with the Trump administration accusing the government of overwhelming the US with drugs and gang members.
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The fallen leader and his wife Cilia Flores were brought to the US, where Mr Maduro was indicted on drug charges.
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The pair are accused of abusing their positions of power to allow drug traffickers to ship cocaine.
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The remain behind bars in New York.
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Shortly afterwards, the president posed for a photo in the Oval Office smiling widely as he held the prize and stood next to Ms Machado.
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Ms Machado told reporters that she had given Trump her medal, which she won last year due to her commitment to turning Venezuela into a democracy.
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But the award committee quickly destroyed Mr Trump's dream and announced Ms Machado's award was non-transferable.
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'The Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute receive a number of requests for comments regarding the permanence of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate's status,' they said in a statement.
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'The facts are clear and well established.
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Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others.
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The decision is final and stands for all time.'
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Mr Trump in January as she sought US support for her efforts in Venezuela
The statement then links to an explanation of the Nobel Prize rules which includes that 'no appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize.'
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A White House spokeswoman told The Daily Mail its clear that the president should get the prize regardless.
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Mr Trump later used the believed snub as ammunition in his pursuit for Greenland to be handed to America, where he declared in January he 'no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace'.
However, Mr Trump's hopes could prevail.
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As the leaders of Cambodia, Israel and Pakistan have said they nominated the US President this year, though there is no way of verifying that.
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Parties involved in several conflicts that Mr Trump claims to have, however, helped resolve have challenged his role in securing those agreements.
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It comes as violence has since flared again in some regions, including the Democratic Republic of Congo and along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
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A settlement to Russia's war in Ukraine has also remained out of reach, despite Mr Trump's pledge to end the conflict on the first day of his second term.
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Meanwhile, US and Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered a seven-month conflict that has disrupted global energy supplies and pushed up petrol prices ahead of November's midterm election.
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Mr Trump's supposed peacemaking skills are thrown into further scrutiny after several of the 'wars' on his list are not wars at all.
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This includes disagreements between Serbia and Kosovo which never rose to armed conflict during his two presidencies.
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