The White House lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday after it awarded the peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and overlooked US President Donald Trump.
“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung said on X.
“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.”
According to officials, Trump’s administration made notable diplomatic strides, including the Abraham Accords between Israel and several Arab nations, which they argue deserve international recognition.
In a statement released Thursday, the White House asserted that Trump’s exclusion raises questions about the committee’s impartiality and consistency in rewarding genuine contributions to peace.
“Few leaders have done as much in modern history to advance peace and stability in volatile regions as President Trump did,” the statement read.
While the Nobel Committee praised other global leaders and organizations for their humanitarian work, U.S. officials maintain that Trump’s achievements in fostering dialogue and defusing long-standing tensions should not be disregarded.
Since returning to the White House for his second term in January, Trump had repeatedly insisted that he deserved the Nobel for his role in resolving numerous conflicts — a claim observers say is broadly exaggerated.
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Trump restated his claim on the eve of the peace prize announcement, saying that his brokering of the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza this week was the eighth war he had ended.
But he added on Thursday: “Whatever they do is fine. I know this: I didn’t do it for that, I did it because I’ve saved a lot of lives.”
Nobel Prize experts in Oslo had insisted in the run-up to Friday’s announcement that Trump had no chance, noting that his “America First” policies run counter to the ideals of the Peace Prize as laid out in Alfred Nobel’s 1895 will creating the award.