Should Trump Win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2028?

It may be seen as fortunate that US President Donald Trump was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025. This is not because he is unqualified — in fact, he may even be more suitable than Maria Corina Machado, the one who received it this year.

Although there have been growing calls for Trump to win the prize next year, giving him more time to prove himself and gain wider recognition, the world might benefit most if the Nobel Committee and global leaders agree to postpone awarding him this honour until 2028 — the final three months of his presidency.

That would give him three full years to “finish the job” and truly build lasting peace across different regions of the world, especially in the Middle East, which has long been known as the most turbulent and complex area, and to help bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

It is, therefore, a monumental challenge for Trump — a mission for humankind that perhaps no one else in this world could fulfil, apart from President Donald Trump?

The image of world leaders signing the peace agreement to end the war between Israel and Hamas in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, last week was like a beautiful dream come true — the first important step toward peace, not only for Israel and Palestine but for the whole Middle East.

Lasting peace takes time and trust. The world needs Trump now more than ever to make sure his peace plan and vision will not collapse. Everyone must continue walking this same path — no one stepping back, no one turning away — because this is the last chance for peace in the Middle East and for the birth of a “Palestinian state,” as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sissi reminded world leaders during the peace summit. If it doesn’t happen within these three years, perhaps it never will.

Trump himself remarked, “This took 3,000 years to get to this point,” referring to the peace deal. But if he can dedicate just three more years to achieving lasting peace, it would be truly extraordinary. In that case, even the Nobel Peace Prize might seem too small a reward.

The Nobel Prize for Trump may not be a question of “if” — but rather “when” and “how.” If he were to win it next year, he might lose interest or lack the special motivation to continue pursuing peace during the final two years of his presidency.

Therefore, in the remaining three years ahead, if Trump can promote genuine peace and address the root causes of wars between nations — including the unnecessary conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, my home country — then Trump will make history as one of the greatest Nobel Peace Prize laureates, with achievements in peace-building surpassing anyone else, including the four U.S. presidents who have previously received the award.

Perhaps God saved Trump from the assassination attempt last year for one reason — not to “make America great again,” as he believes, but to save millions of lives. If Trump truly succeeds in saving those lives, then in 2028 the world will rise to applaud him like never before, celebrating his Nobel Peace Prize and recognising him overwhelmingly as The Peace President.

And when that day comes, God may bless him with the eternal peace of heaven — just as he has always wished.