Overview
- Speaking to senior officers at Quantico, President Donald Trump said not giving him the Nobel Peace Prize would be an insult to the United States and again claimed credit for ending multiple wars.
- A viral post on X used a fake AP-branded communiqué to claim Trump was barred for renaming the Defense Department, but fact-checkers traced it to a parody account.
- The Norwegian Nobel Institute confirmed the claim was false and noted it has never disqualified a nominee.
- Formal nominations for the 2025 prize closed on Jan. 31, the candidate list remains secret for 50 years, and the Institute reports 338 candidates this year.
- Cambodia, Israel, and Pakistan publicly said they nominated Trump, while experts dispute his record on ending conflicts and see his chances as slim before the Oct. 10 decision.