“NEVER” GETTING THE NOBEL
For some, the prospect of handing the prize to someone who has upended the international order is untenable.
“Nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize is like entering a hyena in a dog show,” US history and politics researcher Emma Shortis wrote on news site The Conversation.
“Of course Trump does not deserve it.”
The American president disagrees.
“I deserve it, but they will never give it to me,” Trump told reporters in February as he hosted Netanyahu at the White House, lamenting not ticking the Nobel box in his life.
“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,” Trump again griped on his Truth Social platform in June.
“But the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
Trump is well-known as someone who is particularly fond of accolades and prizes, Garret Martin, a professor of international relations at American University, told AFP, “so he would welcome this major international recognition”.
And since the beginning of his presidential ambitions 10 years ago, “he has put himself in opposition to Barack Obama, who famously won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009”, Martin added.
The prize awarded to the Democratic former president, barely nine months after he took office, sparked heated debate – and continues to do so.
“If I were named Obama I would have had the Nobel Prize given to me in 10 seconds,” Trump bellyached in October 2024, during the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
