In an unexpected press release from the Nobel Academy, Donald Trump, President of the United States, has just been named laureate of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
“President Trump's bold and unprecedented approach to resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Eastern Europe has opened up new perspectives for world peace,” a Nobel Committee member said in Oslo after the announcement.
Returning to power in 2025 after a mandate of interruption, Trump had taken over the reins of a divided America, a polarized world and a bogged diplomacy. Two years later, he orchestrated historic breakthroughs in seemingly intractable conflicts, marking a turning point in diplomacy around the world.
A demilitarized Palestinian state has emerged in the West Bank and Gaza, while Israel has integrated the main settlement blocs of Judea and Samaria within its borders. Palestinian refugee status was repealed, and a new Palestinian elite marked the end of a century of violence. The normalization of relations between Israel and the Arab world has become widespread. In Iran, the fall of the regime after the annihilation of its nuclear installations led to the establishment of a pro-Western democracy led by Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah.
These upheavals also led to the departure of leading political actors. Under pressure from Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the Knesset, withdrew from public life, and the legal proceedings against him mysteriously died down. In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky lost popular support and that of Trump following his refusal to cede Donbass and Crimea to Russia. He returned to his profession as an entertainer, but his successor adopted the Trump plan and signed a peace treaty with Vladimir Putin.
The incapacity and inertia of the UN and the European Union were highlighted on this occasion. Far from supporting Trump's peace initiatives, these institutions trapped in their bureaucracy and divisions have even tried to torpedo his efforts. The Security Council remained paralyzed by rivalries between great powers, while the European Union, incompetent on strategic issues, criticized the methods considered brutal by the American president.
Trump, a controversial and unpredictable figure, shook up diplomatic protocols with a blistering style, where decades of traditional approaches had failed.
“He redefined the rules of diplomacy and put an end to endless negotiations,” says an expert in geopolitics.
Today, a fragile but tangible peace reigns between Israel and Palestine. Ukraine and Russia are pacified. While he has not even left the political scene in this year of grace 2026, Trump has already made history.
© Daniel Horowitz
https://danielhorowitz.com/blog/index.php/2024/11/16/trump-prix-nobel-de-la-paix-2026
