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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes he deserves the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, although he expressed uncertainty about whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee will select him when it announces this year’s winner on Friday.
“I don’t know what their decision is going to be,” Trump said, adding that the committee has “a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me.”
Trump has repeatedly argued that his diplomatic efforts since returning to the White House last year warrant the prestigious international award. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he said the timing was right for recognition.
“It is about that time,” Trump said. He also pointed to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who gave her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump in January while seeking US support for her political efforts in Venezuela.
Trump has claimed involvement in resolving or addressing eight international conflicts since beginning his second presidential term. Leaders from Cambodia, Israel and Pakistan have publicly said they nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize, although such nominations cannot be independently verified because of the Nobel process.
However, Trump’s foreign policy record remains contested. Parties involved in some conflicts he says he helped settle have challenged the extent of his diplomatic contribution. Violence has also resurfaced in areas including the Democratic Republic of Congo and along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
Meanwhile, efforts to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine have yet to produce a lasting settlement. Trump had previously pledged to end the Ukraine war on the first day of his second term.
His administration has also faced scrutiny over the continuing conflict with Iran. US-Israeli strikes on Iran contributed to a seven-month confrontation that has disrupted global energy supplies and pushed fuel prices higher ahead of November’s US midterm elections.
Among the other figures and institutions considered potential contenders for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize are Pope Leo, the International Criminal Court and the UN special rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories.
