Donald Trump said the Nobel Peace Prize committee would face a "great discredit" if it does not give him the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Trump, the US president, is among 287 candidates nominated for the prize, which will be awarded Friday.
His comment places a public claim in the middle of a prize process that ends with a single decision. The field is large, but the outcome will still turn on what the Nobel Peace Prize committee chooses to reward.
Trump's claim on the Nobel Peace Prize
Trump's complaint was direct: if the prize goes elsewhere, he said, the Nobel Peace Prize committee would suffer a "great discredit." He is not speaking as an outsider looking in. He is one of the 287 candidates in this year's pool.
That number matters because the award is not decided by popularity in public debate but by the committee's choice among a wide group of nominees. In practical terms, Trump is trying to shape the interpretation of the contest before Friday's announcement.
Friday's Nobel Peace Prize decision
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday, ending the current round of speculation. Until then, Trump's argument stands as a public challenge to the committee's independence, even as his own name remains in the list of candidates.
For readers tracking the prize, the next concrete point is the award itself. The committee will decide whether Trump's pressure becomes a footnote or the opening line of this year's result.
