Donald Trump says he is no longer that interested in a Nobel Prize, despite openly campaigning for one throughout much of his second term,
Independent reports.
The president is also unsure how the ongoing Iran war will impact his future chances of getting one.
Speaking with the Washington Examiner, Trump said he had “no idea” if the Iran conflict would “get him over the finish line” with the Nobel committee.
“I don’t know,” he added. “I’m not interested in it.”
The U.S. is already facing heavy scrutiny over its conduct in the two-week conflict.
A Pentagon probe reportedly has reached preliminary findings that a U.S. missile struck an Iranian elementary school, killing around 175 people, mostly children.
The president has said he’s unaware of those alleged findings and that the incident is under investigation.
Elsewhere in the interview, President Trump said the subject hasn’t come up with foreign leaders he’s interacted with about the ongoing conflict, which has killed seven U.S. troops and an estimated 1,348 people in Iran.
“No, I don’t talk about the Nobel Prize,” Trump said.
The comments would come as a surprise to the Donald Trump of a few months ago, who regularly spoke about how he deserved the high diplomatic honor.
Throughout 2025, the president claimed he had stopped at least eight wars since taking office, though an Independent fact-check underscored how many of these claims were inaccurate, exaggerated, or premature.
