Nobel Committee Member Has Some Really Bad News for Trump's Relentless Prize Push [View all]

Source: The Daily Beast

Nobel Committee Member Has Some Really Bad News for Trump’s Relentless Prize Push

Ewan Palmer
Thu, September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM EDT·3 min read

Donald Trump’s open pining for a Nobel Peace Prize may actually damage the president’s chances of ever being awarded the prestigious honor and the $1 million that comes with it.

While not mentioning the president by name, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said that “influence campaigns” are more likely to have “a negative effect than a positive one” when the panel decides who gets the annual award.

“Some candidates push for it really hard and we do not like it,” Toje told Reuters. “We are used to work in a locked room without being attempted to be influenced. It is hard enough as it is to reach an agreement among ourselves, without having more people trying to influence us.”

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