Nobel Peace Prize defends decision to snub Trump

The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has defended its decision not to award US President Donald Trump, saying he does not meet the prize’s standards of courage and integrity.

Instead, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was announced as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at a ceremony in Norway today.

Trump, who had been nominated more than ten times by world leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had expressed confidence he would win the prestigious award.

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Earlier this week, Trump announced a breakthrough in the Gaza conflict, a first-phase ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The deal, reached after three days of indirect talks in Egypt and mediated by the US, Qatar, and Turkey, includes a hostage-prisoner exchange and increased humanitarian aid to Gaza.

More than 67,000 people have died since the war began over two years ago.

Under the agreement, Hamas is expected to release 20 hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners within 72 hours of the deal’s formal signing, expected later today.

Responding to questions, Nobel Peace Prize Committee Chair Jørgen Frydnes said the decision to exclude Trump was carefully deliberated.

“This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates a room filled with both courage and integrity.”

🚨Nobel Prize Committee Chairman Joergen Watne Frydnes on why trump not chosen for Nobel Prize

“We sit in a room filled with framed portraits of every Nobel Peace Prize laureate, surrounded by the history and ideals of peace and fraternity among nations. It is a room steeped in… pic.twitter.com/dOb5izfPyX

— Look at that 👀 (@LookatThat66) October 10, 2025

The committee says Machado is most deserving of the honour for her decades-long fight to promote democratic rights and political freedom in Venezuela.

🚨Nobel Prize Committee Chairman Joergen Watne Frydnes on why trump not chosen for Nobel Prize

“We sit in a room filled with framed portraits of every Nobel Peace Prize laureate, surrounded by the history and ideals of peace and fraternity among nations. It is a room steeped in… pic.twitter.com/dOb5izfPyX

— Look at that 👀 (@LookatThat66) October 10, 2025

Shortly after the announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee informed María Corina Machado of her win. The 58-year-old said she was stunned and had not expected the accolade.

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was… pic.twitter.com/OCUpNz752k

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 10, 2025

Online, the announcement sparked mixed reactions, with some social media users mocking Trump for missing out on the prize.

The Israel haters of the Nobel peace prize will never give Trump the prize, as they found out that dangling it in front of him, is the best motivator for him to through the Jewish state under the bus.

— Yonatan Daon (@YonatanDaon) October 10, 2025

In less than 1 year in office, President Trump ended 7 wars spanning over 290 years of fighting.
He has been publicly nominated for the Nobel Peace prize multiple times.
The Committee’s choice of Machado shows their bias and lack of integrity.
Take your prize and shove it. pic.twitter.com/Vq7IupAuco

— PigWar (@PigWar62030) October 10, 2025

|Trump Misses Nobel Peace Prize, Memes Take Over Social Media|

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela’s ‘Iron Lady’ and opposition leader, not to Donald Trump, sparking a wave of memes.

Machado, praised for her advocacy of democracy and listed… pic.twitter.com/Ffn5PUUOnW

— Northeast Now (@NENowNews) October 10, 2025