……,…………………………………………………………….. President Donald Trump was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite his desperate lobbying campaign for the honor he craves above all others.
Instead, the Norwegian Nobel Committee gave the prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for ‘tireless work promoting democratic rights’.
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado, a woman who has been described as Venezuela’s “symbol of resistance” to Nicolas Maduro’s regime. The Nobel Committee said Friday morning that it had decided to award the prize to the opposition leader for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
Trump has been openly pining for a Nobel Peace Prize for years and has kept up his crusade in his second term, claiming he has helped end seven international conflicts since returning to office. This includes stopping conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia—which the president frequently confuses with Albania—and between India and Pakistan.
The campaign intensified after the president took credit for brokering a ceasefire in Gaza, aiming to halt the two-year war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, just two days before the Nobel Prize announcement.
Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
On the eve of the Peace Prize winner being declared, Trump went on a posting spree on Truth Social, sharing links and articles suggesting he is deserving of such an honor.
Trump also raged against his old nemesis, former president Barack Obama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, suggesting on Thursday that the former president got the award for “nothing.”
“He got elected, and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country,” Trump said.
Trump was so desperate to be awarded the prize that he called Norway’s finance minister, Jens Stoltenberg, to ask him to campaign on the president’s behalf, Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv reported in August.
Benjamin Netanyahu also floated the idea that Donald Trump should be given a Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump received support from multiple allies to be given the honor, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who nominated him for the Peace Prize in July after the president facilitated a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
On Thursday, Netanyahu also shared an AI-generated image of himself awarding Trump a comically large gold medal, along with the caption: “Give Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize—he deserves it!”
In June, Trump seemed willing to accept that he may not get the Nobel Peace Prize this year, lamenting that it would never be awarded to him “no matter what I do.”
“But the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!” Trump posted on Truth Social
