Less than 48 hours before the Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump claimed this Wednesday to reporters in the Oval Office that the award belongs to him, arguing that he has resolved eight armed conflicts and prevented a global nuclear catastrophe.
The statements, reported by Reuters and other international media, come just before the announcement scheduled for this Friday in Oslo, where the president of the Nobel Committee will reveal the laureate among 343 nominations received this year.
"I'm not bragging, I'm just stating the facts."
Trump presented a compelling case to journalists to justify his ambitions.
“I’m not boasting. I’m just stating the facts. Probably no president has resolved wars. I resolved eight wars, and significant ones,” declared the leader.
The president linked his merits to the policy towards Iran, a country with which the United States was at war since late February 2026 and with which it subsequently signed a peace agreement that includes Tehran's commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.
“I have resolved eight conflicts and perhaps avoided the total destruction of the world, because Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. And that is something positive, something very positive,” he noted.
He also mentioned the release of hostages held by the terrorist group Hamas: "I resolved eight wars. Another is on the way. I recovered all the hostages."
The medal of Machado and the challenge to Obama
Trump recalled the episode when the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado —winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025— presented him with her medal during a visit to the White House in January 2026.
"The last time it was given to a young woman, who was a wonderful person. And she said she didn't deserve it, that I deserved it. And she gave it to me. I said, 'Wow, what an honor,'" she recounted.
According to Trump, Machado expressed to him that there was "no one in the history of the Nobel Prize" who deserved it more.
The Nobel Institute clarified at the time that the award cannot be transferred: the medal may change hands, but the status of laureate remains tied to Machado.
The leader also renewed his criticism of the Nobel Prize awarded in 2009 to then-President Barack Obama, when he had been in office for less than eight months.
"Obama received him and did nothing; he still doesn't know why he was received," Trump stated.
Questions about the committee and a warning to Oslo
Despite the firmness of his speech, Trump openly acknowledged that he does not trust the committee to select him.
"I don't know what their decisions will be. They have a reputation for perhaps not giving it to people like me.", she admitted.
However, he raised his voice when warning that an unfavorable decision would harm the very organization: "Whether they accept it or not, I have done much more, and I believe it would be a great discredit to them."
This stance contrasts with the one he adopted in March 2026, when —following the start of the war with Iran— Trump claimed he was no longer interested in the Nobel and denied that the topic was part of his diplomatic conversations.
The favorites and the announcement on Friday
Trump is among the speculative candidates, but prediction markets do not place him among the favorites.
At the top of the forecasts are the Emergency Response Rooms (ERR) in Sudan, with an implied probability of between 15% and 17%, followed by Save Ukraine and Save the Children.
The president has also not reached a peace agreement in Ukraine, one of the conflicts he himself includes among those he claims to have managed, and several of the eight he mentions continue to experience active tensions.
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2026 will be announced this Friday in Oslo; the award ceremony is scheduled for December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
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