The nomination

Can Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize 2025? Here's who nominated him

In order to win the Nobel Peace Prize, nominations must be submitted by 31 January of the current year: a Republican MP's nomination is popping up

by Lorenzo Pace

9 October 2025

Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump tiene un documento durante una riunione di gabinetto alla Casa Bianca, a Washington, DC, USA, 09 ottobre 2025. Il Presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump ha annunciato che Israele e Hamas hanno concordato la prima fase di un piano di pace per Gaza, che prevede il rilascio di ostaggi israeliani e prigionieri palestinesi, il ritiro delle forze israeliane e la consegna di aiuti umanitari a Gaza. EPA/SAMUEL CORUM / PISCINA

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Less than a day and it will be known which person has 'done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses' in 2025.

After the prizes awarded in the past few days - the most recent being the prize for literature - the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded on Friday 10 October. One of the most talked-about prizes in the past few hours, the last one by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to state (once again) his preference: "Give it to Donald Trump. He deserves it!"

Give @realDonaldTrump the Nobel Peace Prize - he deserves it! 🏅 pic.twitter.com/Hbuc7kmPt1
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 9, 2025

The message came just as Israel and Hamas were signing the first part of the agreement proposed by the president of the United States. "The greatest diplomatic achievement of his second term," wrote the New York Times, and "it is proof of his self-proclaimed goal of peacemaking, as well as his path to the Nobel Peace Prize to which he has openly aspired."

Several times, even during his first term in office, Trump had said he deserved the award. It is not uncommon for a politician to be honoured. It has already happened with three US presidents - Roosevelt (1902), Wilson (1919) and Obama (2009) - as well as Carter in 2002, when he had left the White House. "If you called me Obama," the tycoon had said, "I would have received it in 10 seconds.

Could 2025, then, be the good year for Trump? To win the Nobel Peace Prize, there are technical deadlines to meet. The names of the candidates, which according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee are 338, must be submitted by 31 January this year.

Any proposals that arrived in the following months would be valid for the 2026 award. These would include Netanyahu's, but also others that arrived during the summer, for example from the leaders of governments in Pakistan or Cambodia, who extolled Trump's work for their conflicts with India and Thailand.

The only one that could put the US president in the running is the nomination submitted by Republican Congresswoman Claudia Tenney. "I have personally nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize twice," said Tenney, "and my current nomination is now active." In addition to committee members, members of governments and parliamentarians can also submit their own candidates.

The Nobel Committee will announce its 2025 Peace Prize winners in the coming days.

I urge them to recognize President Donald J. Trump; the leader who has delivered real, lasting peace in the Middle East. I've nominated him twice. He deserves this honor.

Read my full statement…
— Rep. Claudia Tenney (@RepTenney) October 9, 2025

In the evaluations of the Oslo commission, where the Nobel for Peace will be awarded, the Gaza agreement is unlikely to be taken into consideration, both because of the timing and because the official regulations speak of the durability of peace, which is questioned by several countries for the time being, the latest being Germany: according to Foreign Minister Johann Wadephu there are "still many stages" to reach a two-state solution.