The White House is accusing the Norwegian committee of “political motives” in its decision not to award the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump. Specifically, in his statement, White House spokesperson and close Trump aide Steven Cheung criticized the committee for awarding the prize to Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado. “It proved they place politics over peace,” he stated characteristically in a post on X, just hours after the Nobel committee’s announcement.
White House: Steven Cheung’s post
Specifically, Cheung emphasized that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner should have been Trump due to his pivotal role in achieving the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. “President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,” the White House spokesperson initially writes, continuing: “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.” “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” the American official concludes in his post.
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.
The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace. https://t.co/dwCEWjE0GE
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) October 10, 2025
Trump against Nobel committee: We settled seven wars
It should be noted that Trump had posted yesterday on the Truth Social platform a “sharp” post targeting the Nobel committee. “We settled seven wars, we are very close to finishing the eighth, I think we will eventually settle the Ukrainian one where the situation is horrible”, Donald Trump mentioned in his latest post. He added: “I don’t think anyone in history has ended so many wars but maybe they’ll find a reason not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize”.
