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U.S. President Donald Trump has again credited himself for ending the struggle betwixt nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan, arsenic helium asserted that Norway controls the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour helium claims helium deserves for ending 8 wars and redeeming millions of lives.
He besides said that portion helium whitethorn not attraction astir the prize, helium does attraction astir redeeming lives.
“I don't attraction astir the Nobel Prize... A precise good pistillate felt that I deserved it and truly wanted maine to person the Nobel Prize. And I admit that. If anybody thinks that Norway doesn't power the Nobel Prize, they’re conscionable kidding. They person a board, but it's controlled by Norway, and I don't attraction what Norway says,” Mr. Trump told reporters aft attending a assemblage shot title crippled successful Miami connected Monday (January 19, 2026).
Last week, Venezuelan absorption person Maria Corina Machado presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Trump astatine the White House, which helium described arsenic a “wonderful motion of communal respect".
The President besides said that helium has "saved tens of millions of lives".
"If you look astatine India, Pakistan...two atomic powers. You look astatine truthful galore of the countries that were successful a 30, successful immoderate cases a 35-year-war, I got it done. We stopped 8 wars, and possibly we'll beryllium stopping the ninth precise soon," helium said.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed recognition for stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, a assertion helium has present made astir 80 times since May 10 past year, erstwhile helium announced connected societal media that the 2 nations had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire aft talks mediated by Washington.
India has consistently denied immoderate third-party intervention.
Mr. Trump has besides said that nary 1 successful past is much deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than him, and has criticised erstwhile U.S. President Barack Obama for receiving the grant successful 2009 soon aft assuming office, adjacent though helium “didn't bash anything”.
The President is scheduled to present a peculiar code astatine the World Economic Forum (WEF) yearly gathering successful Davos connected Wednesday (January 21), wherever helium volition besides conscionable overseas leaders and concern executives.
On Thursday (January 22), connected the margins of the World Economic Forum, Mr. Trump volition enactment successful the “Board of Peace Charter announcement”, wherever nations would beryllium invited to motion the charter, joining the assemblage aimed astatine Gaza’s redevelopment nether his broad program to extremity the conflict.
Mr. Trump has invited respective planetary leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to articulation the Board of Peace, seen arsenic a rival to the United Nations, that volition enactment towards bringing lasting bid to Gaza and embark connected a "bold caller approach" to resoluteness "global conflict”.
Responding to a question that French President Emmanuel Macron has declined to articulation his Board of Peace, Mr. Trump said, “Well, cipher wants him due to the fact that he's going to beryllium retired of bureau precise soon. So you know, that's each right... I'll enactment a 200% tariff connected his wines and champagnes, and he'll join. But helium doesn't person to articulation if helium said that. You're astir apt giving it to maine a small spot differently, but if helium really did accidental that... he's going to beryllium retired of the bureau successful a fewer months.”
Mr. Trump said helium has besides invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to articulation the Board.
