Overview

• Pakistan, Israel and law professor Anat Alon-Beck formally nominated President Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize this week.
• White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt claimed Trump brokered a cease-fire or peace deal each month since January, omitting the Ukraine and Gaza conflicts from her presentation.
• Trump has lamented publicly that he deserves but will never win the prize and has compared his odds unfavorably to Barack Obama’s swift 2009 selection.
• Some betting sites now list him as the second-favorite for the award, trailing only Yulia Navalnaïa.
• Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize close on January 31 and the 2025 laureate will be announced on October 10.