On July 2, 2026, Hunter Biden posted that he was officially nominating Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing Trump’s repeated claims of ending the same war with Iran. The White House brushed off the move, with spokesman Davis Ingle saying Hunter Bi
The post landed on Thursday with the kind of jab that doesn’t bother to hide its purpose: Hunter Biden publicly declared he was officially nominating Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Biden’s message. shared on social media on July 2. 2026. paired the gesture with a pointed swipe at the award Trump has long talked about. “I am officially nominating Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) for the Nobel Peace Prize,” Hunter Biden wrote. He followed it with a sharp line about Trump’s claims to victory in conflicts: “No President in History has ended the same war so many times.”.
He added another paragraph-like flourish that directly referenced how often Trump has said he ended a war involving Iran: “Our Dear Leader has ended the war with Iran at least 38 times by CNN’s count.” He then accused Trump of setting records: “No President has ever done this before.”
The White House did not treat the nomination as anything more than another political performance. After HuffPost reached out for comment. White House spokesman Davis Ingle replied via email: “Just like Sleepy Joe. Hunter Biden’s brains are fried potatoes. We wish him and his family well during this difficult time.”.
Trump’s interest in the Nobel Peace Prize has been a years-long storyline, one that has repeatedly flared even when the award went elsewhere. The saga gained extra heat in 2009, when former President Barack Obama received the Nobel.
Then came October—when Trump failed to win. The episode didn’t end with disappointment. The actual winner that year was Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. and Machado reportedly gave Trump a symbolic concession: she handed him her award and. per the account here. reportedly got a red bag in exchange.
Trump’s frustrations have also surfaced in ways that have made the prize feel less like diplomacy and more like a personal scoreboard. In December. Trump was caught on a hot mic grumbling to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he was snubbed despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan between Israel and forces in Gaza. “Do I get credit for it?. No,” he whined.
Even an effort to invent alternatives couldn’t fully cool the fixation. In December, FIFA President Gianni Infantino tried to steer things toward a different “peace” label by introducing a “FIFA Peace Prize” and giving it to Trump.
The Nobel dispute resurfaced again in January. when Trump told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre that he believed he had been snubbed for the honor in 2025 because of his push to acquire Greenland. a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. After Trump sent a letter to Støre saying he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace. ” Støre answered by pointing to the structure of the award.
The prime minister explained that the Nobels are awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government.
Put the July 2 nomination next to that older pattern—Trump’s public yearning. the occasional attempts to translate it into something else. and the repeated reminder that the process isn’t set by the politician who wants the trophy—and the shape of the conflict becomes clearer. One side treats the Nobel as an attainable prize through visibility and influence; the other keeps returning to the same hard limit: an independent process that can’t be controlled by the demands of any one candidate.
United States politics Nobel Peace Prize Donald Trump Hunter Biden White House Davis Ingle Joe Biden Barack Obama María Corina Machado Benjamin Netanyahu Gianni Infantino Jonas Gahr Støre Greenland
Wait so Hunter can just nominate people??
This is hilarious but also like… is this even real or just trolling? Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be about actual peace, not whoever claims they ended stuff the most.
Hunter saying Trump ended the Iran war 38 times is insane. I’m pretty sure that’s not how wars work lol. Also “Just like Sleepy Joe” like… aren’t they all gonna be nominated for something at this point? Feels like political wrestling not peace.
I don’t get why everyone acts shocked. Nobel Peace Prize people always end up being political anyway. If Trump “ended” the same war 38 times, then where’s the Nobel for Obama right?? The White House insult was uncalled for but the whole thing is a joke from the start.