Has Donald Trump been officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and by whom?
Executive summary
Donald Trump received multiple public nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize from a mix of U.S. lawmakers and foreign leaders — including Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Representative Claudia Tenney, and reportedly national leaders such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others — but the Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 prize to María Corina Machado and the committee’s confidential process and deadline mean some late endorsements arrived after the nomination cutoff [1] [2] [3] [4]. News outlets report that several nominations for Trump were submitted, some after the February/January deadline for the 2025 prize, and the committee does not publicly confirm its full nominee list [4] [5] [6].
1. Who publicly nominated Trump — listed names and offices
Multiple publicly announced nominations for Trump are recorded in reporting and in his allies’ statements. Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said she formally submitted a nomination recognizing Trump’s “leadership in advancing peace” and listed peace deals she credited to his administration [1]. U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney’s office said she put Trump forward in December for prior diplomacy including the Abraham Accords [2]. Media reporting also says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and several foreign leaders publicly declared they had nominated or endorsed Trump for a Nobel — though some of those endorsements were made after the official cutoff for the 2025 prize [2] [7] [8].
2. Timing matters: nomination deadlines and late submissions
The Nobel Peace Prize has a nomination deadline that falls early in the year (reports cite end of January / Feb. 1 for 2025). Multiple outlets note many high-profile nominations for Trump were made after that February deadline and therefore could not affect the 2025 selection; the Nobel Committee keeps nomination records confidential for decades [5] [4] [8]. AP and PBS both say Trump did receive nominations, but several came after the cutoff for the 2025 prize [4] [2].
3. What “officially nominated” means under Nobel rules
Under Nobel rules, a valid nomination must be submitted by authorized nominators — elected officials, certain academics, past laureates and others — to the Norwegian Nobel Committee by the deadline. Media reporting highlights that U.S. members of Congress are eligible nominators and that Rep. Luna and Rep. Tenney publicly submitted letters to the Nobel Institute [1] [2]. The Norwegian committee does not publish or confirm the full slate of nominees, so outside verification of every claimed nomination rests on nominators’ own announcements and media reporting [6].
4. Dispute over how many nominations and who counts
News organizations differ in how they portray the “chorus” supporting Trump. Some accounts list many world leaders who said he deserved consideration (Netanyahu, Hun Manet, presidents of African states, etc.) while others emphasize these endorsements were public statements rather than formal, timely nominations — and that those coming after the deadline could not be considered for 2025 [8] [7] [9]. Reporters caution that public endorsement is not the same as a confirmed, timely nomination to the Nobel Committee [2] [6].
5. Outcome: Trump was not the 2025 laureate
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Coverage repeatedly notes Trump was not selected and that the committee will not release full nomination lists for years, limiting outside confirmation [10] [3] [8]. Commentators and administration supporters criticized the committee’s decision; others argued the committee favors long-term, demonstrable peace work over high-profile diplomatic stunts [10] [3].
6. What reporting leaves unclear or unreported
Available sources document specific public nominations (Luna, Tenney) and multiple public endorsements by foreign leaders, but they do not provide the Nobel Committee’s internal confirmation of every nomination or its assessment of the timeliness of certain letters — because the committee keeps records confidential and has strict deadlines [1] [6]. Sources do not provide the full list of nominators or the committee’s internal reasoning beyond the announced laureate rationale [6] [10].
7. Bottom line for readers
Yes — Donald Trump was publicly nominated by named, eligible U.S. lawmakers such as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Rep. Claudia Tenney and was publicly endorsed by foreign leaders — but several high-profile endorsements arrived after the Nobel deadline and the committee’s confidential process prevents independent confirmation of the full nomination record; ultimately the 2025 prize went to María Corina Machado [1] [2] [4] [8].