President Donald Trump has renewed his long-standing grievance over not being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
Posting on Truth Social on Friday night, Trump cited a peace deal he said his administration helped broker between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as evidence of his worthiness, before declaring that he would be overlooked for the honor “no matter what” he accomplishes.
Why It Matters
The Nobel committee does not publicly acknowledge nominees and Trump’s past nominations have not resulted in a win. However, with global conflicts escalating, any recognition of peace efforts—whether symbolic or substantive—could influence international discourse and Trump’s political standing.
What To Know
The Trump administration was invited by DRC President Félix Tshisekedi to help mediate an end to the conflict in eastern Congo between government forces and rebels allegedly backed by Rwanda. A preliminary peace deal was reached on Wednesday, with a formal signing expected next week in Washington. The agreement will be signed by the leaders of both countries and witnessed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to the State Department.
“This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World,” Trump wrote.
“I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this,” Trump added, He then went on to list other negotiations he claimed his administration led, including “stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo” and “keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia.”
“No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me,” the president wrote.
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Earlier on Friday, the Pakistani government said it intended to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded to those who have done “the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”
“The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis,” the Pakistani government’s official X, formerly Twitter, account wrote in a post Friday.
Trump has claimed he played a key role in last month’s ceasefire agreement between the two nations.
But Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed back on that claim. According to Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Modi “clearly conveyed” in a recent phone call with Trump that the ceasefire resulted from direct negotiations between India and Pakistan, not U.S. involvement.
This is not the first time Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2023, New York Republican Representative Claudia Tenney nominated him, citing his “historic” Middle East policies. In 2020, far-right Norwegian politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde nominated Trump for his efforts to bring reconciliation between North and South Korea. That same year, Swedish MP Magnus Jacobsson nominated him for brokering a deal to normalize relations between Serbia and Kosovo.
The following year, Swedish nationalist MP Laura Huhtasaari and a group of Australian lawmakers nominated Trump for his role in negotiating the Abraham Accords. However, the prize was awarded to Filipino and Russian journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”
Meanwhile, in March 2025, California Republican Representative Darrell Issa said he intended to nominate Trump for the prize.
Trump has often contrasted his lack of a Nobel win with Barack Obama’s, who received the prize in 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
At a 2020 rally, Trump mocked Obama’s reaction to the award, saying, “When Obama got it, he didn’t even—he just said, ‘What did I do?’ He had no idea what he did.”
In 2013, Trump tweeted that Obama’s prize should be rescinded. Former Norwegian Nobel Institute Director Geir Lundestad later admitted that “even many of Obama’s supporters believed that the prize was a mistake.”
“He’s obsessed with the fact that Mr. Obama got it and he didn’t,” a former senior White House official from Trump’s first term told NBC.
What People Are Saying
Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social: “I am very happy to report that I have arranged, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a wonderful Treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Rwanda, in their War, which was known for violent bloodshed and death, more so even than most other Wars, and has gone on for decades. Representatives from Rwanda and the Congo will be in Washington on Monday to sign Documents.
“This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World! I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia (A massive Ethiopian built dam, stupidly financed by the United States of America, substantially reduces the water flowing into The Nile River), and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East which, if all goes well, will be loaded to the brim with additional Countries signing on, and will unify the Middle East for the first time in ‘The Ages!’ No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
What Happens Next
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced in October.
