Meet the Nobel Peace Prize Contenders Who Could Beat Trump This Year

President Donald Trump on Wednesday revisited his argument that he deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, telling reporters in the Oval Office that he has done “far more” than any other U.S. President.“I don't know what their decision is going to be. They have a reputation for maybe not giving it to people like me,” Trump said, insisting that it would be a “great discredit” to the Norwegian Nobel Committee if they do not announce him as the recipient Friday morning. “I've stopped maybe the total obliteration of the world, because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and that's a positive thing,” he claimed, listing the reasons why he believes he is deserving of the prestigious prize. Trump said he was “very honored ​to receive it indirectly last time by the recipient, who said nobody in history deserves it more” than him. The 2025 winner, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, notably gave her medal to Trump in January as she pressed the U.S. to support democracy in Venezuela, days after the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.Following the regifting of the medal, the Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasize...