Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize

The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature peace deal to satisfy him.

The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

August 21, 2025

LONDON, U.K.— If you are getting tired of the on-again/off-again Ukraine “peace deal” that has been hogging the headlines for the past few months, relief is at hand. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 will be announced on Oct. 10, but Donald Trump will not get it. This wil...

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