Trump Says Not Winning Nobel Would Be 'Insult' To US

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday it would be an "insult" to the United States if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize for what he claims is his role in ending multiple wars.

Trump, who has long sought the prize set to be announced on October 10, renewed his push a day after unveiling a peace plan to end the war in Gaza.

"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 before hundreds of senior US military officers. "It'd be a big insult to our country, I will tell you that. I don't want it, I want the country to get it," he added.

"It should get it, because there's never been anything like it."

The Republican leader has often voiced irritation that Democrat Barack Obama won the prize in 2009.

In his Tuesday remarks, Trump repeated his claim that he has resolved seven wars since returning to office in January. He said if the Gaza plan he unveiled with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu works out, "we'll have eight, eight in eight months. That's pretty good."

Hamas has yet to respond to the proposal.

However, Trump’s chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize this year are considered nearly nonexistent in Oslo, where the award is based.

"It's completely unthinkable," said historian Oeivind Stenersen, who has researched and co-authored a book on the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has also stressed it cannot be influenced by Trump’s campaign for recognition.

"Of course, we do notice that there is a lot of media attention towards particular candidates," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, the committee’s secretary. "But that really has no impact on the discussions that are going on in the committee."

Trump’s administration recently listed the seven wars it claimed he ended, including disputes between Cambodia and Thailand; Kosovo and Serbia; the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda; Pakistan and India; Israel and Iran; Egypt and Ethiopia; and Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Yet many of these claims are disputed, with experts pointing out that while Trump has publicized ceasefires — such as one between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan in May — his role is often exaggerated or inaccurate.