Malta nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize: why exactly
10 October 2025 10:04
Maltese Foreign Minister Ian Borg has officially nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. He announced this in a post on his Facebook page, publishing a joint photo with Trump, the Times of Malta reports, "Komersant Ukrainian" informs
According to Borg, the decision is related to the diplomatic efforts of the American leader in resolving the conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as his initiatives to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
“I handed the American president a letter written on my behalf, informing him that, like many others, I have nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Borg said.
The Minister urged him to continue working to achieve peace in the Middle East and Ukraine.
As a reminder, the Nobel Committee will announce the winner of the 2025 Peace Prize this Friday. The deadline for nominations was January 31.
Jan Borg is one of the few European officials who attended the inauguration of Donald Trump in January 2025. He has repeatedly expressed support for his peacekeeping initiatives.
Trump himself does not hide his ambitions to win the Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Times of Malta, the former US president wants to repeat the success of his predecessors, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jimmy Carter. The latter, by the way, was honored after his presidency ended – for his long peacekeeping activities.
Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “Ukraine is ready to support the idea of nominating Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if his actions contribute to ending the war unleashed by the Russian Federation.
It is worth noting that in order to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Trump will definitely need to achieve some form of truce in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
It should be added that in August, Pakistan announced that it would recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to facilitate the settlement of the conflict with India, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in July that he himself had nominated Trump for the prize.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize, which has been awarded since 1901, is the most politically charged and controversial of all the Nobel prizes. Unlike the other categories, where the winners are selected by Swedish committees, the Peace Prize is awarded by a five-member Norwegian committee appointed by the Norwegian parliament.
The history of the prize is full of paradoxes and scandals. Barack Obama received the award in 2009 just nine months after taking office, which caused criticism even among his supporters. At the same time, Mahatma Gandhi, a symbol of peaceful resistance, never won the award, although he was nominated five times. Among the most controversial decisions is the awarding of the prize to Henry Kissinger in 1973 during the Vietnam War, which led to the resignation of two committee members in protest.
Only certain categories of people are eligible to nominate candidates: heads of state and government, members of parliaments, judges of international courts, professors of political science and international law, and previous laureates. Interestingly, self-nomination is prohibited, and the names of the nominees are kept secret for 50 years. Every year, about 200-300 nominations are received, among which there may be both serious candidates and openly populist applications.
Trump has already been nominated for the prize three times by various individuals, including a Norwegian MP in 2020 for his role in normalizing relations between Israel and Arab countries. His long-standing desire to win the Nobel Prize has become a well-known fact, especially since his predecessor Obama won it. This creates additional intrigue around the current nomination from Netanyahu, who clearly understands the psychological significance of such a gesture for the American leader.
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