Trump's Nobel fetish

DRIVERS: DESIRE FOR PRESTIGE AND RIVALRY WITH FORMER PRESIDENT

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SELF-PROMOTION. US President Donald Trump brags of his role in ending seven wars at every public event in recent weeks.

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Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he is obsessed with winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

But so far the award has eluded him throughout his two presidencies.

Trump's push for the prize, whose 2025 winner will be named today, is fuelled by a potent mix of a desire for prestige and a long rivalry with former president Barack Obama.

Sometimes Trump, who is often better known for his divisive rhetoric, anti-migration drive and embrace of foreign authoritarians, has appeared to acknowledge that he is an unlikely candidate.

"Will you get the Nobel Prize? Absolutely not. They'll give it to some guy that didn't do a damn thing," Trump said during a speech to hundreds of the US military's top officers in September.