Can Trump Win the Peace Prize?

The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 10th. This year's peace prize is bound to be different from previous years, as a special contender has emerged: U.S. President Trump.

Before the official announcement of the peace prize winner, various media outlets have already released their analyses, discussing whether Trump has a chance to win the peace prize.

For example, Associated Press believes that although Trump has received nominations from several foreign leaders or officials, his chances of winning this year's peace prize are extremely slim, because the Nobel Committee focuses more on long-term and sustained efforts for peace rather than quick diplomatic victories.

However, CNN presents an opposite opinion. This American media outlet argues that although Trump has still not managed to end two of the most important wars in the world, namely the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Palestine conflict, he has indeed made efforts to mediate the conflicts, so it is likely that the Nobel Committee will award Trump the peace prize.

Certainly, the fundamental purpose of CNN's analysis is to promote that Trump should continue to provide military aid to Ukraine and increase sanctions and economic pressure on Russia, in order to force Putin to accept a ceasefire.

Factually, the Nobel Peace Prize is essentially a highly politicized award. For instance, in 2009, the Nobel Committee faced controversy for awarding the peace prize to Obama, who had only been in office for 9 months.

The Nobel Committee claimed that the reason Obama won was due to his "nuclear-free world" vision and his commitment to new diplomatic directions for improving relations between the United States and the Islamic world.

However, it was during Obama's term that the Arab Spring swept through the Middle East, followed by the rapid rise of the terrorist organization "ISIS," which ultimately triggered a series of geopolitical crises, the effects of which have not yet dissipated — just this alone is a great irony for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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