The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced that it has already finalized a choice for the recipient of its renowned peace prize, which experts say is unlikely to be US President Donald Trump. 

“The last meeting of the Nobel Committee took place on Monday,” a spokesman, Erik Aasheim, told AFP. 

“The final touches were made on Monday, but we never disclose when the Nobel Committee makes its decision.” There will be a laureate this year, he confirmed, responding to speculation that the prize may not be awarded due to tense geopolitical crises. 

The committee has not scheduled any more meetings before 10 October, when the name will be announced at 12:00 pm.

Trump has repeatedly hailed himself as the rightful recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. The US president recently said it would be an “insult” if he is not selected. He has reportedly even called Norwegian officials to discuss the prize.

However, historian and Nobel Prize specialist Asle Sveen said the newly announced ceasefire deal in Gaza “has absolutely no impact” on the choice, particularly because “the Nobel Committee has already made its decision.”

“Trump will not win the prize this year. I’m 100 percent certain,” he added. 

Sveen also pointed to the “free rein” Trump has given Israel to bombard Gaza, as well as the massive amounts of military support. 

Other experts, including the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Nina Graeger, have also expressed doubt that Trump could win the prize. 

“He has withdrawn the US from the World Health Organization [WHO] and from the Paris Accord on climate, he has initiated a trade war on old friends and allies. That is not exactly what we think about when we think about a peaceful president or someone who really is interested in promoting peace,” Graeger told Reuters last month. 

Trump came into office this year framing himself as the ‘peace president’ and ender of wars. 

Despite this, he launched a brutal war on Yemen in March that killed hundreds of civilians. Throughout the year, he provided Israel with billions in military aid as it continued its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. 

He also ordered a massive US bunker-buster attack on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, in support of Israel’s illegal war on Iran. During his first term years ago, Trump illegally assassinated Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, risking a widespread regional escalation.

The US president has praised himself for mediating an end to the India–Pakistan conflict and facilitating talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He has also long vowed that he would be the one to end the war in Gaza. 

He has also vowed to end the Russia–Ukraine war, despite recently escalating the situation by unveiling weapons deliveries to Kiev and imposing harsh tariffs on Moscow’s energy partners. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled on 9 October that Ukraine will nominate Trump for the prize if he sends Kiev US Tomahawk missiles.

“During our most recent meeting, I didn’t hear a ‘no.’ What I did hear was that work will continue at the technical level and that this possibility will be considered,” Zelensky said, adding that the missiles would “sober” Russia up and bring them back to negotiations.

“The plan for ending the war won’t be easy, but it is certainly the way forward. And if Trump gives the world – above all, the Ukrainian people – the chance for such a ceasefire, then yes, he should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize,” he added. “We will nominate him on behalf of Ukraine.”

Trump said on Monday he had “sort of” made a decision on whether to send the missiles or not. 

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Zelensky dangles Nobel Prize nomination for Trump in exchange for Tomahawks

Deliveries of the long-range missiles to Kiev would erase all the recent Russia-US diplomatic gains, Putin has said

Vladimir Zelensky has urged US President Donald Trump to provide Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles and added that if such a step leads to a ceasefire, Kiev will nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Last month, US Vice President J.D. Vance said that Washington was mulling sending Ukraine Tomahawks, which have a maximum range of 2,500km (1,550 miles), meaning Kiev could potentially use them to attack Moscow and numerous other Russian cities.

“Now, an important signal is the strengthening of Ukraine by all possible means. And this is one of those opportunities that is important to me – Tomahawks,” Zelensky told journalists on Thursday, according to RBC-Ukraine.

The missiles could “sober up the Russians” and “make them sit down at the negotiating table,” he was cited as saying. Moscow has argued that Kiev, emboldened by military support from Western Europe, has brought the peace process to a standstill.

Zelensky added that if Trump could help bring about a ceasefire, “he should be nominated for the Nobel Prize, we will nominate him on behalf of Ukraine.”

According to Axios, however, White House officials have expressed concern whether the US could control the use of Tomahawks once they’re in Ukrainian hands.

Trump recently said that he had already made up his mind about whether he would supply the missiles but did not say what that decision was. “I’m not looking to see escalation,”he added.

In February, he accused Zelensky of “gambling with World War III” for refusing to negotiate with Russia, when the Ukrainian leader’s visit to the White House devolved into sharp mutual recriminations.

Trump’s diplomatic outreach to Moscow since the start of his second term has led to the resumption of direct peace talks over the Ukraine conflict.

However, all the diplomatic progress the two sides have achieved would be wiped away if Tomahawks are provided to Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

He stressed that it would be impossible for Kiev to use the cruise missiles “without the direct involvement of American military personnel.”

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Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela wins Nobel Peace Prize
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 has gone to Maria Corina Machado. The committee lauded "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela." Follow DW for more.

Edmundo Gonzalez, Maria Corina Machado's ally who lives in exile in Spain, posted a video of himself speaking on the phone with Machado.

"I am in shock," she said, adding, "I cannot believe it."

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Nobel Peace Prize Serves Western Liberal Agenda

BY Ekaterina Blinova

The Nobel Peace Prize has become a tool for pushing the Western liberal order, said Robinder Sachdev, president of The Imagindia Institute, in comments to Sputnik about the award given to US-backed Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado.

Instead of routinely playing politics, the Nobel committee could have nominated an institution worldwide that is really doing good work for the cause of peace, Robinder Sachdev told Sputnik.

"For example, I would say why not the UN relief agency UNRWA, which was doing great work, but which has been shunted out of Gaza. Or, let's say, some other such institutions, which would have been empowered more if they were granted a peace prize," Sachdev told Sputnik.

While speaking about democratic values, the committee has never awarded true revolutionaries fighting for common good or any leaders promoting an alternative worldwide - but only those who have peddled the West's own agenda, according to the pundit.

"Overall, my take is that the Nobel Peace Committee has completely missed an amazing opportunity... And what it means is that in future, the Nobel Peace Prize has lost its gravitas. The Nobel Peace Prize committee has belittled itself and lowered the prestige of the prize," Sachdev concluded.

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