Trump says he would be 'honored' to win Nobel Peace Prize as Azerbaijan leader teases nomination

Multiple countries have already nominated Trump for the monumental award this year for his role in securing historic trade and peace agreements.

By Misty Severi

Published: August 8, 2025 5:32pm

President Donald Trump on Friday told the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia that it would be a "great honor" to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his recent diplomatic successes, after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called for the president to receive it.

Multiple countries have nominated Trump for the monumental award this year for his role in securing historic trade and peace agreements. Trump has also helped achieve peace between India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Serbia and Kosovo and helped avert a war between Cambodia and Thailand.

"Who, if not President Trump, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?" Aliyev said during a press briefing on the signing of the peace agreement with Armenia. “Award President Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize ... This is a tangible result of President Trump's leadership and no one could've achieved that."

Trump appeared flattered at the talks of another nomination but said that he was not "politicking" with the Nobel prize in mind.

"I would never volunteer. I’m not doing it for that," Trump said. "I’m doing it because I really, number one, I want to save lives, [that's the reason we are] involved so much with Ukraine and Russia.”

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also said he believes Trump deserves the peace prize and promised to campaign for the U.S. president to receive it.

"Today's event I think is a very bright expression of that," Pashinyan said. "Today, we have reached a significant milestone ... We are laying a foundation to write a better story than the one we had in the past. This breakthrough would simply not have been possible without [Trump's] personal engagement."

The peace deal includes the creation of a passage through one of Armenia's territories that will be named the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity." The White House told reporters that Armenia suggested the name.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.