U.S. President Donald Trump has once again voiced his expectation for the Nobel Peace Prize, openly expressing his desire for the accolade despite ongoing conflicts with Iran and a failure to secure peace through the resolution of the war in Ukraine.

Trump unilaterally referred to Lake Ontario in his own terms as the "Lake of America," announced plans to annex Canada as the 51st U.S. state, threatened to seize Greenland, and unveiled proposals to take over Gaza to build a "Riviera."

He also removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his capital and brought him to the U.S., continued imposing successive sanctions on Cuba, increased tariffs on international trade, and effectively took control of Venezuelan oil reserves.

Despite these actions, Trump stated that he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, while acknowledging doubts over whether he will actually win it, according to Reuters.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is scheduled to announce the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Ahead of the announcement, Trump remarked on Wednesday,

"I don't know what they are going to decide. They have a reputation. They might not give the award to someone like me."

Since returning to the White House for a second term last year, Trump has repeatedly asserted that one of the world's most prestigious awards is rightfully his.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he declared, "The time has come."

He further added, "However, I felt greatly honored to receive it indirectly last year. The person who won the award said that no one in history is more deserving of it than President Trump."

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and subsequently dedicated the medal to Trump, presenting it to him in January as she bolstered her political efforts in Venezuela with U.S. backing.

Trump likely referred to this gesture when describing feeling "greatly honored" by receiving the prize indirectly.

Claiming to have intervened in eight conflicts since returning to power for a second term last January, Trump argued that these efforts warrant the Nobel Peace Prize.

He noted that leaders from Cambodia, Israel, and Pakistan have nominated him for the honor, though the authenticity of these nominations cannot be independently verified.

Some of the parties involved in the conflicts Trump claims to have resolved have objected to his diplomatic role, and fighting has even resumed in several of those regions, including the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Cambodia-Thailand border.

Ending Russia's war in Ukraine has also remained beyond Trump's reach, despite his campaign promise to conclude the conflict on his very first day back in the White House.

Meanwhile, a tense seven-month conflict following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran has caused major instability in global energy supply chains and driven up gas prices, raising political concerns in the U.S. ahead of the upcoming midterm elections in November.

Among the frontrunners for this year's Nobel Peace Prize are Pope Leo, the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories.