The journalist noted that in 2025 the Nobel Peace Prize went not to Trump, but to a female oppositionist from Venezuela, and asked about Zelensky’s reaction to this decision. And also does the President of Ukraine think that the head of the White House should be nominated for this award next year.
“I think we will be very pleased to nominate President Trump next year for the Nobel Prize. […] Only he can do this today. If he pushes and stops [нелегитимного президента РФ Владимира] Putin, if he puts Putin at the table of dialogue and negotiations [о войне]if President Trump stops these killings,” Zelensky replied.
The President of Ukraine called the ceasefire the biggest step towards ending the war.
“I think that if President Trump does this within this year, of course we want to stop this war as soon as possible and [в этом] have always supported President Trump. If he does this, I hope so, and God bless him, he can – of course, in this case we will nominate him and proudly congratulate him,” Zelensky said.
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Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize more than once, but has not yet received it. Axios wrote that the US President has been “obsessed” with winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump has publicly stated that he is not seeking to receive it, but it would be a “great insult” for the United States if he did not receive the award.
Experts interviewed by Reuters predicted that Trump would go without a bonus this year because he destroys the international world order.
On October 8, Zelensky promised that if Trump transfers Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv, Ukraine will submit it for the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10 Nobel Committee awarded the peace prize in 2025 to the leader of the Venezuelan democratic movement, Maria Corina Machado for her “tireless work to promote the democratic rights of the people of Venezuela and fight for a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
The White House said that the Nobel Committee was guided by a policy that was “more important than peace.”
In addition to Machado, there were 337 candidates on the nomination list, but the names of other contenders were not disclosed. noted on the Nobel Committee website. The deadline for nominating candidates for the 2025 award is January 31. That is, Trump had just taken office at that time.
