Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n
The US president claimed to have ended seven wars since he took office for the first time in 2017.<\/p>\n
He said he deserves the prize because “nobody’s ever done that,” but admitted “perhaps they’ll find a reason not to give it to me” when asked about his chances earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump’s disregard for international institutions, global concerns over climate change, and his repeated lobbying for the award would have been some of the many reasons he didn’t win, according to several experts.<\/p>\n
Alfred Nobel’s will, the award’s foundation, says the award should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations”.<\/p>\n
Simply put, Mr Trump didn’t do that, according to Nina Graeger, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo.<\/p>\n
Was Trump even considered?<\/p>\n
Yes, but Darren Kew, dean of the Joan B Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego, said it was unlikely that the committee was going to choose him for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n
“First and foremost is that the period under review is 2024, though the committee itself can decide on whoever it wishes,” he told ABC News.<\/p>\n
“And so, if it decides it wants to give it to him for his activities this year, it certainly can.”<\/p>\n
Who decides the Nobel Peace Prize?<\/a><\/p>\n As we wait for the announcement tonight, let’s unpack how the awards work.<\/p>\n