Overview
- Speaking at a White House meeting with leaders of major U.S. oil and gas companies, President Donald Trump said he should receive a Nobel Peace Prize for every war he helped stop.
- He claimed to have ended eight major wars and argued that no one in history deserves the prize more.
- An updated U.S. National Security Strategy, reported by TASS, lists conflicts involving Cambodia and Thailand, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Azerbaijan and Armenia, and cites halted hostilities in Gaza and reduced tensions around Kosovo.
- After Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado told Fox News she was prepared to give her 2025 Peace Prize to Trump for capturing Nicolás Maduro, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said prizes cannot be revoked, divided, or transferred.
- The committee’s statement confirms the 2025 award remains Machado’s regardless of public offers or political messaging.