U.S. President Donald Trump has once again argued that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, pointing to what he claims was his role in ending the May 2025 military escalation between Pakistan and India.
Speaking to reporters on Friday after a meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House, Trump responded to a question about Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s suggestion of sharing a Nobel Peace Prize with him. He said the Norwegian Nobel Committee should be “embarrassed” and repeated his long-standing claim that he helped end multiple global conflicts.
“Whether people like Trump or don’t like Trump, I settled eight wars — big ones,” he said, again asserting that he played a decisive role in preventing a broader conflict between India and Pakistan, including a nuclear confrontation.
Trump claimed he brokered a ceasefire between the two countries “in rapid order,” adding that the conflict had already escalated into aerial engagements. He also repeated earlier remarks criticizing former U.S. president Barack Obama for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Referring to a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House in September, Trump said Sharif publicly credited him with saving millions of lives by helping defuse tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
The India–Pakistan crisis escalated in April 2025 following a deadly attack on tourists in occupied Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Islamabad without publicly presenting evidence. Pakistan strongly denied the allegations, and both sides exchanged military strikes before a ceasefire was announced in May.
While Trump has repeatedly claimed the ceasefire resulted from his intervention and pressure on trade ties, India has disputed that account. Trump has also steadily increased his estimate of the number of aircraft shot down during the conflict, though no independent confirmation has been provided.
The U.S. president has previously praised Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, describing him as a respected military leader, remarks that have drawn attention amid ongoing regional sensitivities.