Trump: I Settled Eight Wars, Deserve Nobel Prize
President Donald Trump made his boldest case yet for the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he has “settled eight wars” and that the Norwegian Nobel Committee would discredit itself by overlooking him when the award is announced on Friday.
The remarks, delivered with trademark confidence two days before the announcement, doubled down on Trump’s claim that no president in history has done more for world peace.
“I Settled Eight Wars”
“I’ve done stuff that nobody else has ever done. I’m not bragging, I’m just telling you the facts,” Trump told reporters. “No president has probably ever settled any wars. I settled eight wars.”
Trump said his peacemaking record extended beyond ceasefires and negotiations: he repeated that he had secured the return of all hostages and prevented additional conflicts by wielding the threat of tariffs against countries on the brink of war, stopping them from killing people. Whether critics buy the full tally or not, the pitch marks the most direct demand Trump has made for the prize this year.
He also signaled his peacemaking efforts were far from finished, saying he was on course to settle another war — an apparent reference to the conflict with Iran, now in its eighth month, which he has repeatedly said is nearing an end.
A Warning to the Nobel Committee
Trump did not hide his frustration with what he sees as the committee’s bias against him.
“They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me,” he said. “But, whether I get it or not, I have done far more. And I think it would be a great discredit to them.”
The president framed the decision as a credibility test: honoring a leader who claims eight wars settled would vindicate the award’s purpose; passing him over would only expose the committee’s politics.
The Obama Comparison
Trump also drew a sharp contrast with Barack Obama, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, early in his first term.
“Obama got it, and he didn’t do anything. He still doesn’t know what he got it for,” Trump said. “He got it when he got elected, right at the beginning, and he had no idea why he got it.”
He then recalled a symbolic moment from his Oval Office meetings with last year’s laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who he said told him she did not deserve the honor as much as he did and handed her prize to him in person.
“I was very honoured to receive it indirectly,” Trump said. “The recipient said nobody in history deserves it more than President Trump.”
Conclusion
With the Nobel Committee’s announcement due Friday, Trump has put his entire foreign-policy record on the line in the most public way possible. Win or lose, his eight-wars pitch has made this year’s prize one of the most closely watched in recent memory.
