Melania climbs into Donald in Nobel Peace Prize race as bitter president rages 'Norway sucks' over snub

Published: 10:46 EDT, 29 October 2026 | Updated: 10:51 EDT, 29 October 2026 President Donald Trump has spent years clamoring for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, but an unlikely yet very familiar rival is trampling on his quest.First Lady Melania Trump is now tied with her husband in prediction markets like Kalshi for the peace accolade.Melania snagged the second place slot for the 2027 Nobel award, at 4 percent, but dropped after a few days to tie with her husband at 1.2 percent. The betting platform votes opened Tuesday. Other contenders include Yulia Navalnaya, Pope Leo XIV, the International Criminal Court that Trump sanctioned this month and Elon Musk.Melania's winning marks come after she helped broker a ceasefire in a Russian-occupied territory.Skepticism quickly mounted over White House claims that she unilaterally negotiated the ceasefire in Oleshky, with critics saying that she usurped recognition rightfully belonging to Pope Leo.During a Sunday rally, the president complained that despite his confident predictions to Melania about winning the 2026 award, the honor went to former UN human rights chief Navanethem Pillay. President Donald Trump has spent years clamoring for the prestigious Nobel peace prize, but an unlikely rival may have formed within his reach Melania signs Trump's executive order on women's health, which she spearheaded, in the Rose Garden at the White House His wife, 56-year-old Melania Trump, is beating her husband in prediction markets like Kalshi for the peace accolade Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center Machado later gifted her actual Nobel medal to Trump - handing him a symbolic victory for an accolade he had openly coveted for years, even if the official title remained off his record 'First lady, I get the Nobel Prize in two weeks,' and it'll be an honor, you know. I feel much better about saving all those lives,' Trump said, saying he deserved the honor because he 'settled eight wars.''And it was announced, and it was gotten by a woman that nobody ever heard of,' Trump lamented, then adding 'what about me? Do they do two of them?'He then went on a tirade against Norway, mistakenly treating the entire nation and the independent Nobel committee as one and the same, saying he is 'not in love with Norway.''Frankly, Norway sucks. Norway has become a s***house country, actually,' Trump added.Trump is targeting Norway after the peace prize rejection. The loss was a familiar disappointment for Trump, who was previously passed over for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in favor of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.In a twist, however, Machado later gifted her actual Nobel medal to Trump - handing him a symbolic victory for an accolade he had openly coveted for years, even if the official title remained off his record.