United States President Donald Trump points throughout a project rally for Republican United States Senate prospect Ken Paxton at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas, United States, October 7, 2026.|Image Credit: Evan Vucci
United States President Donald Trump has actually made a fresh quote for the Nobel Peace Prize, declaring that he had actually settled 8 wars and” done things that no one else has actually ever done”.
Trump made the remarks at the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of the statement of the desired award on Friday by the Norwegian Peace Committee.
“I’ve done things that no one else has actually ever done. I’m not boasting, I’m simply informing you the truths. No president has actually most likely ever settled any wars. I settled 8 wars,” Trump informed press reporters here.
States Nobel Committee would reject itself
The United States President stated it would be an excellent challenge to the Nobel Committee not to honour him.
“They have a credibility for possibly not offering it to individuals like me. Whether I get it or not, I have actually done far more. And I believe it would be an excellent challenge to them. And I’m not stating that out of reject, I’m stating that when you settle 8 wars, and no one’s never ever,” Trump stated.
The United States President stated his peacemaking efforts were continuing and showed that he was on course to settle another war, an obvious referral to the US-Iran war that has actually now extended into its 8th month.
Trump compares himself with Obama
Trump stated he was worthy of the award more than President Barack Obama, whom he implicated of not understanding why he had actually gotten the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
“Look, Obama got it, and he didn’t do anything. He still does not understand what he got it for. He got it when he got chosen, right at the start, and he had no concept why he got it,” the United States President stated.
Remembers Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado
Trump remembered that in 2015’s peace laureate Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado had actually turned over her reward to him at the Oval Office.
“Last time they offered it to a girl who’s a magnificent individual, and she stated she didn’t deserve it, that I deserved it, and she offered it to me,” the United States President stated.
“I was extremely honoured to get it indirectly. Last time by the recipient, who stated no one in history deserves it more than President Trump,” he stated.
Trump duplicated that in the previous year he had actually settled 8 wars, protected the return of all captives, and avoided lots of wars by utilizing the power of tariffs as a danger versus particular nations, therefore stopping them from eliminating individuals.
Released on October 8, 2026