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Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, World News, US News
Lucy Devine
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, World News, US News
US President Donald Trump has revealed why he thinks he'll be eligible for next year's Nobel Peace Prize after explaining why he didn't win this year.
The Prize for 2025 was awarded to the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. In response to her win, she dedicated the award to Trump, who, in turn, revealed a conversation they had following her victory.
“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do.
"I didn't say, 'Then give it to me', though," he joked.
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According to Albert Nobel's wishes, the award is given to 'the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses'.
It certainly seems that Trump has his eyes on the prize, with the POTUS discussing the award several times in public.
He recently told the United Nations delegates that 'everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize,' but a person cannot nominate themselves.
Speaking to reporters recently, Trump claimed: "This will be my eighth war that I've solved.
"And I hear there's a war now going between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
"I said, it'll have to wait until I get back.
"You know, I'm doing another one because I'm good at solving wars.
"I'm good at making peace and it's an honour to do it. I saved millions of lives, millions of lives."
Trump also shed light on why he might have missed out this year, adding: "Now, in all fairness to the Nobel Committee, it was for 2024, and this was picked for 2024.
"But there are those that say you can make an exception because a lot of things happened, during '25 that are done and complete and great, but I did this not for Nobel, I did this for saving lives.
"I mean, we've saved millions of lives. Think about India-Pakistan. Think about some of the wars that were going on for years. We had one going for 31, one going for 32, one going for 37 years, with millions of people being killed in every country and I get every one of those done for the most part, within a day."
This year, Trump received nominations from the likes of U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Pakistan’s government.
Speaking about his record of ending wars, he said during a meeting at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia: “Nobody’s ever done that. Will you get the Nobel Prize? Absolutely not. They’ll give it to some guy that didn’t do a damn thing."
During last year's presidential race, he insisted (via the Guardian): "If I were named Obama, I would have had the Nobel prize given to me in 10 seconds."