Trump expands on Nobel Prize when asked if he has date ‘circled on your calendar’

During a signing event for the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Donald Trump was asked a Nobel Peace Prize question.

The event featured Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, both of whom made clear they believe the United States president deserves the honor of receiving a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending tension in many locations around the world.

“I think President Trump deserve to have Nobel Peace Prize. And we will defend that. And we will promote — we will promote for that. And that’s obvious,” said Pashinyan.

“So maybe we agree with Prime Minister Pashinyan to send a joint appeal to Nobel Committee to award President Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize,” said Aliyev, who went on to ask, “Who, if not President Trump, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?”

Later in the event, Gray Television White House correspondent Jon Decker asked Trump if he has his eyes on the prize.

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee will make their announcement as it relates to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on October the 10th. Friday, October the 10th. Is that date circled on your calendar, Mr. President?” Decker asked.

“I can’t say. I mean, a lot of people say no, no matter what I did because, you know, I’m of a certain persuasion,” the president responded. “No matter what I do, they won’t give it up. And I’m not politicking for it. I have a lot of people that are I know, I mean, I read the same things as you do, but, it would be a great honor, certainly, but I would never politic. I’m not doing it for that. I’m doing it because of I really number one, I want to save lives.”

This is not the first time Trump has shared these sentiments.

In June 2025, the president received a Nobel Peace Prize nomination from Pakistan following the declaration of a peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. However, he made it clear that he doesn’t expect to win due to his political orientation as a Republican.

““I am very happy to report that I have arranged, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a wonderful Treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Rwanda, in their War, which was known for violent bloodshed and death, more so even than most other Wars, and has gone on for decades. Representatives from Rwanda and the Congo will be in Washington on Monday to sign Documents,” he said on Truth Social at the time.

“This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World! I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia (A massive Ethiopian built dam, stupidly financed by the United States of America, substantially reduces the water flowing into The Nile River), and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East which, if all goes well, will be loaded to the brim with additional Countries signing on, and will unify the Middle East for the first time in ‘The Ages!’ No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”