White House defeated the Nobel Peace Prize committee on Friday after he denied President Trump the coveted award.
As Trump works to complete a major diplomatic victory with ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Stripcommunications director Stephen Chung accused the awards jury of proving that “they put politics before peace.” failure to honor the president.
“He has the heart of a humanitarian and there will never be a person like him who can move mountains with sheer force of will,” Chung tweeted.
Peace Prize instead went to the leader of the Venezuelan opposition Maria Corina Machado for what the committee called “her fight for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
Chairman of the Nobel Committee Jorgen Watne Fridnes said that the five-member commission seeks to thwart public lobbying attemptswhich many perceived as an attack on the president, although his name was not mentioned.
“This committee sits in a room filled with portraits of all the laureates, and this room is filled with courage and integrity. So we base our decision only on the work and will of Alfred Nobel,” he said, referring to the Norwegian tycoon who founded the prizes.
Trump has I have long wanted to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and made no secret of the fact that he believed he deserved this praise.
Since returning to the White House, he has taken responsibility for resolving several conflicts around the world, although some of these feuds are not armed conflicts and some countries are involved in them. ignore its role in cooling tensions with rivals.
Trump regularly complains that he is passed over because the Nobel Committee is controlled by liberal “woke” interests.
“They're going to have to do what they do. Whatever they do is okay. I know one thing: I didn't do it for that. I did it because I saved a lot of lives,” Trump said Thursday.
Trump received numerous nominations for the award, but most of the promotions came after the award's Feb. 1, 2025 deadline.
He may still be honored in 2026 or some future year for his role in concluding the agreement with Gazawhich calls on Hamas to release Israeli hostages in exchange for Israel ending its war with the Palestinian enclave.
The White House has made no statement about Machado's honor.
Machado generally agrees with US position of strong opposition to the authoritarian ruler of Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro. Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously praised her as “the personification of resilience, tenacity and patriotism.”
