'Not bragging, but I settled eight wars': Trump makes Nobel Peace Prize pitch ahead of Friday's announcement

From the Newshound archive · first published 8 October 2026 · last updated 9 October 2026.

President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that he merits the Nobel Peace Prize for ending eight wars and averting "the total obliteration of the world," while acknowledging the committee has "a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me." The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Trump argued that he ranks above Barack Obama as a peace laureate, saying Obama "didn't do anything — he still doesn't know what he got it for."

Trump took credit for preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and for securing the return of all hostages, despite having initiated the conflict with Iran himself.

Parties to some of the eight conflicts Trump claims to have settled contest his role in resolving them, and violence has since resumed in a number of those regions.