Nobel Peace Prize Committee Faces Pressure from Trump Campaign

The Nobel Peace Prize committee is under significant pressure due to Donald Trump's campaigning for the award, which has influenced their decision-making process ahead of the announcement on October 9. Last year's laureate, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, controversially gave Trump her Nobel gold medal, asserting he deserved it after the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, the secretary of the Nobel committee, acknowledged the ongoing lobbying and pressure faced by the committee. Experts, including Haakon Gjerlow from the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, suggest that the committee may choose a laureate with broad consensus to avoid controversy.

Gjerlow's preferred candidates include a joint prize for Save the Children and Ukrainian activist Mykola Kuleba, who advocates for the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia. Other potential nominees include Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Criminal Court.