Opinion: Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for his historic success on peace and trade
Opinion-editorial by Summer Lane | August 1, 2025
In 2009, the entire world watched as then-President Barack Hussein Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Oddly, this award came just one year into his first term as president, despite having accomplished very little on the international diplomacy front.
In all fairness, the Obama administration did make some strides toward peace and trade throughout his eight years in office, but one could easily argue that these strides were few and far between – and, when compared to the dizzying, lightning-speed movements of the current Trump administration, Obama’s first term seems sluggish at best.
According to the Nobel Prize website, the key reason underpinning Obama’s award was his support for human rights and climate change:
“During his first year in power, President Obama showed himself to be a strong spokesman for human rights and democracy, and as a constructive supporter of the work being done to put effective measures in place to combat the climate crisis.”
Truly, the fact that President Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize for virtually no substantive diplomatic accomplishments seems to prove that establishment elites very much enjoy giving each other awards and pats on the back for no reason other than that they can.
Meanwhile, President Trump – perhaps the penultimate deal maker and peace negotiator of the century – has been wholly ignored by The Nobel Foundation.
Why not give the prize to someone who deserves it?
President Trump has only been in office for six months, but he has accomplished more on the peace and trade front than most presidents could hope to accomplish in an entire two-term presidency.
Trump, during this second term, has helped broker peace agreements between Cambodia and Thailand, India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Rwanda and the Republic of the Congo.
His administration has also been working hard to bring an end to the Biden-propagated conflict between Ukraine and Russia, as well as violence in the Middle East, in terms of Israel and its war with Hamas terrorists.
He has netted trillions of dollars in investments from companies around the world, thanks to his forward-looking tariff policies, and established a long list of impressive trade deals with key power players like Japan, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
Trump has raked in a stunning $150 billion in tariff revenue for the United States so far this year, with likely trillions of dollars more revenue on the horizon for America.
This alone is a staggering accomplishment. Economic success breeds diplomacy and excellent trade relations with foreign nations – something Nobel Prize-worthy indeed.
Amid impossible trade deals and impressive strides toward peace in nations across the globe, Trump has been recognized as a peacemaker by just about everyone except The Nobel Foundation.
The government of Cambodia, for example, has said that it plans to nominate President Trump for a 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending hostilities with Thailand.
And, in a letter sent to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., recently recommended Trump for the prize, as well, citing his “extraordinary and historic role in brokering an end to the armed conflict between Israel and Iran,” the New York Post reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also wrote a letter just a few weeks ago to the Nobel Prize committee, noting that such an honor, for Trump, would be “well-deserved.”
Why not give the award to someone who deserves it? Why won’t the Nobel Prize organization give credit where credit is due?
A historic precedent
President Trump has established a new and very hard-to-reach precedent of success. Nations have fallen into line to negotiate with the United States on trade, and as Trump’s team puts out one global fire after another, one thing is abundantly clear: any administration that follows will have impossibly big shoes to fill.
President Trump is indeed a president of peace and negotiation, and it’s about time he was recognized for his efforts on the national and world stage.
Photo: Official Portrait of the President of the United States
