Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to a win a Nobel Peace Prize to burnish his already significant legacy as a U.S. president, and a lasting peace that ends the war in Gaza could be a consideration for the committee that determines the prize winner.
A British betting agency spokesperson told Newsweek that the odds for Trump winning the 2025 peace prize to be announced on Friday morning have improved significantly in recent hours, given the flurry of activity that led to the announcement of the first phase of a ceasefire deal to end the two-year war between Israel and Hamas.
It may be a case where the cliché "a fool and his money are easily parted" applies.
A spokesperson for the Norwegian Nobel Institute confirmed to news organization Agence France-Presse that the final meeting of the committee was on Monday. That meeting was the culmination of a process of winnowing down 338 nominees this year.
Kristian Berg Harpviken, the Nobel committee's secretary, confirmed to Reuters last month that "a specific peace process" or "new type of international agreement that is under development or that has recently been adopted" are the types of things that would be considered.
But there's one problematic detail for Trump: the deadline for nominations was Jan.
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