Japan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
28 October 12:14
According to the White House, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. She made the announcement during a meeting with Trump in Tokyo, White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said on Tuesday, October 28, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports.
In her turn, Takaichi, who headed the Japanese government a week ago, said she was “impressed and inspired” by Trump’s actions. “There is more peace in the world in such a short period of time,” she explained.
In recent years, Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times. In particular, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the Nobel Committee in Oslo to award the prize to the US president, explaining that Trump’s efforts to end the war in the Gaza Strip had helped to end the war. In addition, the Pakistani authorities took a similar step. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Maneth has also promised to nominate Trump for the Nobel.
Trump wants to win the Nobel Peace Prize
The US President has repeatedly expressed confidence that he is worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize, as he claims to have put an end to a number of military conflicts since the beginning of his second term in January 2025. In particular, he pointed to the wars between India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia, Serbia and Kosovo, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the conflict in the Middle East.
During the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, answering a question from DW, promised to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize if he can put an end to the war waged by Russia against his country.
The Nobel Committee in Oslo has announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. She received the award for her “tireless work” in defense of the democratic rights of the Venezuelan people. Afterwards, the White House said that the Nobel Committee was putting “politics before peace.”
