White House Fumes as Trump Snubbed for Nobel Peace Prize — “Politics Over Peace,” Says Aide

Tension rippled through Washington on Friday after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, ignoring U.S. President Donald Trump, who has long claimed credit for brokering peace across conflict zones.

The White House wasted no time reacting. “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” said Steven Cheung, the White House Director of Communications, in a fiery post on X

“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will,” Cheung added.

Since returning to the Oval Office for a second term in January, Trump has repeatedly asserted that he deserves the Peace Prize for his diplomatic efforts, claiming to have ended “eight wars,” including what he called the “first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza.”

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the president appeared confident ahead of the announcement but maintained that the award wasn’t his motivation.

“Whatever they do is fine. I didn’t do it for that — I did it because I’ve saved a lot of lives,” he said.

However, Nobel observers in Oslo were blunt ahead of Friday’s reveal. They argued that Trump’s “America First” foreign policy clashes with the ideals of peace and international cooperation envisioned by Alfred Nobel in his 1895 will establishing the prize.

Despite the snub, Trump’s supporters have rallied online, echoing claims that the committee’s decision was politically driven, while critics say the award rightfully went to Machado for her courage and leadership in Venezuela’s pro-democracy movement.