Fact check: Which Nobel Peace Prize winners have publicly praised Donald Trump?

1. Why the claim was asked — Trump’s Nobel assertions make headlines

The immediate context for the question is a cluster of recent articles reporting Donald Trump’s assertions that he should receive a Nobel Peace Prize for claiming to have stopped the India–Pakistan conflict and “ended seven wars.” Those reports focus on Trump’s self-promotion and claims about international achievements rather than on endorsements from Nobel laureates, which frames the question about whether any laureate has publicly praised him ^{[1] [2] [3]}. The news items reviewed were published predominantly in mid to late September 2025 and emphasize Trump’s statements, not external laureate endorsements ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

2. What the sources say — no Nobel Peace Prize laureate praise found

Across the collected analyses, none of the cited sources identify a Nobel Peace Prize winner publicly praising Donald Trump. The three primary summaries of relevant pieces explicitly note the absence of any laureate praise, instead highlighting Trump’s claims and political messaging about deserving the Nobel ^{[1] [2] [3]}. Another article flagged as related (a Pakistan endorsement story) was assessed as not providing evidence of Nobel laureate praise and appeared to be thematically adjacent rather than confirming a laureate endorsement ^[5].

3. Contrasting evidence — Nobel laureates and Nobel-affiliated voices criticizing Trump

Some materials indicate Nobel-associated figures criticizing Trump rather than praising him. For example, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz is reported as sharply critical, calling Trump’s governance a threat to democracy and using strong language in his critique; this demonstrates that at least some Nobel recipients are publicly opposed rather than complimentary ^[4]. The set of analyses also includes unrelated academic critiques and commentary portraying Trump negatively, which further undermines any narrative that laureates are broadly praising him ^[6].

4. Gaps and red flags in the available reporting

Several of the source summaries are explicitly labeled as unrelated or nonresponsive to the question, such as reports that were primarily headlines, advertisements, or copyright notices, and therefore cannot substantiate claims about laureate endorsements ^{[5] [7]}. One source that appeared promising — coverage about Pakistan endorsing Trump for a future Nobel — was judged in the analysis to be tangential and not to include Nobel Peace Prize winners praising Trump ^[5]. These gaps indicate reporting limitations and potential conflation of political endorsements with endorsements from Nobel laureates.

5. Possible agendas and why they matter

The material centering on Trump’s own claims functions as self-promotion and can create the appearance of broader endorsement unless reporters explicitly check for independent confirmations from Nobel laureates. The absence of cited laureates in these pieces suggests an agenda of amplifying Trump’s claim rather than documenting third‑party praise, which is important context when evaluating the original statement about who has publicly praised him ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

6. What would count as strong evidence and where to look next

A verifiable instance of a Nobel Peace Prize winner praising Trump would require a clear public statement, interview, or social media post attributable to a named laureate. None of the provided analyses purport to contain such evidence, so the next step is systematic searches of direct quotes from Nobel Peace Prize winners, their official platforms, and primary reporting dated after these pieces if necessary. Until such primary-source praise appears, the best-supported conclusion from the reviewed material is that no laureate praise is documented here ^{[1] [2] [4]}.

7. Bottom line — what we can say with confidence from these sources

Based solely on the supplied analyses, there is no documented case in these sources of a Nobel Peace Prize winner publicly praising Donald Trump; by contrast, there are documented criticisms from Nobel-affiliated figures and multiple news items reporting Trump’s own claims about deserving a Nobel ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}. Any assertion that specific Nobel Peace Prize winners have offered public praise requires additional, named-source evidence that is not present in the provided material ^[5].