Breaking News: False Claims Circulate Over Nobel Peace Prize Nominees

Oslo, Norway - August 26, 2025 At the close of Tuesday, widespread social-media posts claimed that the Norwegian Nobel Committee had “quietly removed” U.S. President Donald Trump from its list of nominees for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Leading fact-check organizations swiftly debunked the rumor, emphasizing that no public nomination lists exist and that all nominations remain confidential for 50 years under Nobel regulations.

According to Nobel rules, the Committee never publishes the names of nominees, nor does it have any mechanism to “strip” someone from consideration. Nominations are submitted by a select group of qualified individuals-parliamentarians, academics, and past laureates-and kept strictly secret until archival release decades later. While some nominators occasionally announce their own submissions, the Committee itself does not confirm or deny these individual disclosures.

In response to the viral claim, the Nobel Committee released a statement underscoring that > “There is no public list of Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Any suggestion that a name can be removed or excluded by the Committee is wholly unfounded.”

This clarification came as digital misinformation around the Peace Prize ramped up in recent weeks, fueled by political commentary and unverified social-media graphics. Observers note that while President Trump has publicly expressed interest in receiving the Prize-citing his diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East-the nomination process remains opaque and rigorously guarded.

No other developments regarding Nobel Peace Prize laureates or nominees were announced today. The next official announcement of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate is scheduled for October 10, 2025, in Oslo.