It has been exactly 1 year since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. You would think winning the presidency again would be enough. It clearly is not. Trump wants more. He wants a Nobel Peace Prize.
That desire has now turned into open anger. Members of his administration are publicly attacking the Nobel Committee. They are calling it fake. They are calling it pretentious. The frustration is no longer subtle.
Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize controversy
The Nobel Peace Prize is decided every year by December 10. The 2025 winner was locked in long ago. There was never a real chance for Trump to receive it this year. That did not stop the drama.
Things escalated when Maria Corina Machado symbolically handed her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. Many people mocked the moment. Critics called it embarrassing. Even the Nobel Committee distanced itself from the spectacle.
Trump appeared proud of the gesture. Others saw it as disrespectful to the award itself. Machado also faced backlash online. Some accused her of trying to win Trump’s favor for future political support in Venezuela.
Trump attacks the Nobel Committee and Norway
No one knows exactly why this prize matters so much to Trump. But many believe it comes down to one thing. Barack Obama won it. Trump did not.
Trump has openly suggested that being denied the award frees him from caring about global peace. In a letter to Norway’s prime minister, he even hinted that he would annex Greenland because of the snub.
The Nobel Committee responded calmly. It stated that it operates independently. It said its only goal is to protect the dignity of the Nobel Prizes. Trump rejected that explanation. He insisted that Norway’s government controls the outcome. He repeated this claim across multiple TV interviews.
White House officials rushed to defend him. Deputy press secretary Anna Kelly dismissed the criticism as nonsense. She claimed Trump stopped 8 wars. Another aide, Steven Cheung, said Trump clearly deserves the prize and accused the Nobel Committee of playing politics.
This is where the situation turns strange. If the Nobel Peace Prize is truly biased and political, as Trump’s team claims, then why does it matter so much? If stopping wars is the real achievement, should that not be enough on its own?
History suggests this was always going to end badly. Trump does not handle rejection well. And this latest episode shows that even after reclaiming the highest office in the world, he is still chasing validation he cannot control.
