- Pakistan has nominated Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in averting the India-Pakistan crisis in May 2025.
- Trump claims he deserves the Nobel “four or five times” for peace efforts in multiple global conflicts.
- Indian officials suggest the move is a calculated bid for U.S. support on Kashmir and economic ties.
Pakistan’s official nomination of Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has triggered a wave of debate across South Asia. Pakistani authorities attribute the move to Trump’s “decisive diplomatic intervention” that reportedly helped defuse the India-Pakistan standoff in May 2025.
Trump, capitalizing on the endorsement, reiterated his belief that he deserves multiple Nobel recognitions for his peace-building roles in global hotspots like Rwanda, Congo, and Kosovo.
Nobel or Not, Trump Becomes Pakistan’s Trump Card in U.S. Diplomacy
Pakistan’s recent move to nominate Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize is rooted in its claim that Trump played a quiet but crucial role in easing border tensions with India earlier this year. Officials in Islamabad have stated that his intervention helped avoid potential nuclear escalation, framing the nomination as an effort to reward statesmanship over partisanship.
This step comes amid Pakistan’s ongoing search for stronger economic and diplomatic ties with Washington. Nominating Trump offers a symbolic gesture of alignment—especially as Islamabad navigates global scrutiny and internal economic pressures. By supporting a figure who has expressed skepticism toward traditional diplomatic channels, Pakistan may be betting on Trump’s return to political prominence.
India, however, views the move with suspicion. Officials argue that there was no formal mediation by Trump and that the nomination is a political tactic to secure U.S. support on contentious issues like Kashmir. New Delhi is likely to push back diplomatically, framing the nomination as a public relations maneuver rather than a recognition of fact.
Trump’s own remarks added fuel to the fire. He emphasized that he “should have gotten it four or five times,” pointing to his claimed contributions in resolving international conflicts. Whether the Nobel Committee considers the nomination seriously or not, the global spotlight on Trump’s potential role in South Asian diplomacy is undeniable.
Regardless of the Nobel outcome, Pakistan’s move to nominate Trump signals a strategic realignment and an effort to position itself closer to Washington—through flattery, symbolism, and calculated optics.
“They won’t give me a Nobel Peace Prize because they only give it to liberals.” – Donald Trump
