The Nobel Committee announced Thursday that this year’s Peace Prize will go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
The decision comes even as international voices have called for President Donald Trump to be honored for brokering a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
Committee chair Joergen Watne Frydnes praised Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace,” crediting her with a “tireless struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” in Venezuela.
But the decision comes just days after Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing the families of those kidnapped in the October 7 Hamas terror attack, formally urged the committee to give Trump the award.
“In this past year, no leader or organization has contributed more to peace around the world than President Trump,” the Forum wrote in a letter dated October 6.
“While many have spoken eloquently about peace, he has achieved it.
“While others have offered empty promises, he has delivered tangible results that have saved countless lives.
“He has not merely spoken of peace — he has delivered it.”
Trump: Focused on Peace, Not Recognition
Asked about the Nobel announcement during a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, Trump avoided commenting on the award itself and instead highlighted the possibility of addressing Israel’s Knesset as part of his continuing diplomatic efforts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year, citing both the Abraham Accords and the president’s ongoing Middle East peace efforts.
“The president has already realized great opportunities,” Netanyahu said in July while presenting Trump with a copy of his official nomination letter.
“He forged the Abraham Accords.
“He’s forging peace, as we speak, in one country and one region after the other.”
Trump’s Case for Peace
Trump has already received several high-profile Nobel nominations since returning to the White House.
However, the committee’s January 31 nomination deadline means his historic Israel-Hamas deal will not be eligible until next year.
The latest peace agreement, which Trump announced last week, requires Hamas to release all living hostages and calls for Israel to begin a phased troop withdrawal from Gaza.
The deal has been hailed by allies and critics alike as the most significant breakthrough in decades of Middle East diplomacy.
Earlier this summer, Trump also coordinated joint U.S.-Israeli operations that crippled Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, warning that a nuclear Tehran would threaten global security.
A Clear Double Standard
Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize before, including in 2020 for negotiating the Abraham Accords, but was repeatedly passed over by the left-wing committee.
The committee instead awarded former President Barack Obama in 2009, before his foreign policy legacy included the rise of ISIS, the Iran nuclear deal, and wars in Libya and Syria.
If Trump were chosen, he would join Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter, and Obama as the only U.S. presidents to receive the Nobel.
For now, however, the committee has once again turned away from the president who delivered the very peace that other world leaders only talked about.
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