Trump Asserts Nobel Nomination After Claiming War Resolutions

WHO:

IJR - President Donald Trump

Alternet - President Donald Trump, Mark Carney, María Corina Machado

WHAT:

IJR - Trump claimed he had settled eight wars and suggested another breakthrough could come.

Alternet - Trump stated, “There’s never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more.”

Alternet - Trump claimed, “I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.”

Alternet - The Norwegian Nobel Committee received 287 candidates this year, comprising 208 individuals and 79 organizations.

WHERE:

Alternet - The announcement of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will take place in Oslo.

WHEN:

Alternet - The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced at 11 a.m. Central European Summer Time on Friday, 9th October.

WHY:

IJR - Trump criticized the Nobel committee’s past decision to award Barack Obama and argued his record merits the honor.

Alternet - Trump has repeatedly maintained that his foreign-policy record entitles him to the award.

HOW:

Alternet - Trump listed conflicts including India and Pakistan, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Israel and Iran, Cambodia and Thailand, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Gaza as part of his claims regarding settled wars.

Alternet - Trump accepted a Nobel Peace Prize medal from María Corina Machado, which he has referred to as a reason for the committee to recognize him directly.

(UPDATED October 8, 2026 08:07 UTC)

President Trump has claimed that he settled eight wars and suggested that another breakthrough could be on the horizon, stating, “There’s never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more.” He also criticized the Nobel committee's past decisions, arguing that his foreign-policy record, which includes conflicts such as India and Pakistan and Israel and Iran, merits recognition. The announcement of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize will take place in Oslo at 11 a.m. Central European Summer Time on Friday, 9th October.