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donald trump I have not won Nobel Peace Prize – a decision likely to anger the president, who has claimed to have ended “seven wars.”
Instead, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the Venezuelan opposition leader Marina Corina Machado as Winner This year’s award was given for his “tireless work to promote democratic rights for the Venezuelan people,” it said in a statement in Oslo on Friday.
The politician is currently in hiding due to serious threat to his life.
“When totalitarians seize power, it is important to recognize the courageous defenders of freedom who rise up and resist,” the committee said.
It has been no secret that Trump’s campaign has been honored with accolades. He has been hinting at it since his first term in office, and is even less hesitant this time, claiming he “deserves it” and should have won it “four or five times”.
He coveted the prize so much that world leaders have made public demonstrations in support of his Nobel candidacy during diplomatic talks.
Who supported Trump’s victory?
Nearly every global leader has been asked in the past week whether they supported Trump winning the grand prize.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would support Trump if the US provided Tomahawk missiles to Kiev, while the Kremlin said it supported a Trump victory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has a complicated relationship with the US president, handed an envelope containing the nomination to Trump during Gaza peace talks.
Despite the somewhat dubious nature of his claim to have ended the “seven wars”, the best-selling author art of the deal It appears to have made serious progress toward peace in the Middle East. This week, Hamas and Israel signed an agreement Implementing the first phase of Trump’s 20-point peace plan.
Why didn’t he win?
Gaza peace agreement timeline
Nominations for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize closed on January 31. Trump became president on January 20, meaning he had been in office for 11 days by the time applications closed.
That means any of his peacekeeping efforts or nominations this year could not technically be included in Friday’s announcement. With the Israel-Hamas agreement recently approved, and the hostages still not released, the fragile cease-fire cannot be viewed as a strong achievement by the committee, which is looking for evidence of “durability.”
“The Nobel Peace Prize is the result of months of research and deliberation by the Nobel Committee,” says Theo Zenou, historian and research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society.
“They will not change their decision at the last minute based on a deal that is still in limbo.”
But he could still be in the running next year – if the ceasefire in Gaza holds and paves the way for a more comprehensive agreement.
public publicity
The committee has acknowledged that it has made mistakes in the past, such as giving the award to Barack Obama in 2009, less than a year into his term as president.
With Trump campaigning vigorously for his victory, experts say the five-member body would not want to be seen caving in under pressure.
“Trump’s blatant campaigning for the award probably unsettled the committee,” says Zenou. “They value their freedom.”
“They didn’t want to give it to Trump because he worked so hard for it,” agrees Matthew Mokhefee-Ashton, a politics professor at Nottingham Trent University.
strategic decisions
This has been a year of global conflict, with several high-profile wars, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s offensive in Gaza, making frequent headlines. Others, such as the civil war in Sudan, are underreported.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalny, and Sudan’s emergency response chamber were considered frontrunners for the prize. But analysts say the committee may have wanted to shed light on a less-discussed issue.
“Machado is a very undisputed selection,” says Zenou. “The committee is reaffirming its commitment to democracy. Their intention is to send a signal to authoritarians and dictatorship-seekers around the world.”
Mokhefee-Ashton believes the decision could be a “smart move” to satisfy both Trump, who has publicly supported Machado, and his critics.
“Trump and Republicans have long been against Venezuela’s socialist government. Giving the award to one of the main opponents of the Madura government makes it harder for him and other Republicans to criticize the decision.”