Trump and Nobel .. Between dream and disappointment

Despite the pressure campaigns he launched himself, experts believe that US President Donald Trump has no real opportunity to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year, a title he has been seeking to urge him since he assumed power.
The award committee, known for its keenness on independence and its rejection of any political pressure, appears to be directed towards honoring humanitarian institutions or international organizations, especially in light of Trump’s withdrawals from international agreements and reducing him to foreign aid, which contradicts the essence of the will that Alfred Nobel left. His media campaigns will only have a negative impact on his chances. “We do not reward the pressures, but rather looking for those who actually work for peace,” one of the members of the committee summarized the situation. The analysts mentioned that history witnessed the awarding of the award sometimes to controversial figures such as Barack Obama after a few months of his arrival to the presidency or Henry Kissinger despite the Vietnam War, but these cases were associated with tangible political transformations. As for Trump, its path is different: withdrawal from the World Health Organization, abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement, opening commercial wars with the allies, and public support for the Israeli war on Gaza. Experts do not rule out that the award this year will be awarded to institutions such as the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, the Red Cross, or even local organizations in Africa and the Middle East operating amid conflicts such as the emergency rooms initiative in Sudan. There is also the possibility that the award will go to the press, after a year when a large number of journalists were killed, especially in Gaza. The historian Asli Sven said clearly: “Trump has no opportunity to win the award, unless he is able to achieve an unexpected breakthrough, such as forcing Putin to end the war in Ukraine or pressure on Netanyahu to stop the Gaza war.” But even, it remains, according to most observers, far.