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On eight wars
Democrat
MOSTLY FALSE
PolitiFact rated the seven-war claim Mostly False: on Serbia and Kosovo, "little evidence a potential war was brewing"; on Egypt and Ethiopia, dam talks "officially stalled" 1. The Associated Press called it "a gross overstatement to say that these countries are at war" 2. By December, Cambodia and Thailand had fought five days of clashes, with dozens dead and more than 100,000 displaced, and fighting in the Congo surged a week after the Washington signing 3. In August the Congo's displaced stood at 5.3 million, with a roadmap to talks just agreed 4. On September 1 the United States struck Iran, one of the pairs on the list; the president said "we're prepared to do another one any time" 5.
The 2025 prize went to María Corina Machado; the White House said the committee had placed "politics over peace" 6. The 2026 prize is announced tomorrow, Friday, at 11:00 in Oslo 7.
Sources
- Rated Mostly False; Serbia–Kosovo "little evidence a potential war was brewing"; Egypt–Ethiopia dam talks "officially stalled" — PolitiFact, 23 September 2025 ↑
- Egypt–Ethiopia: "a gross overstatement to say that these countries are at war" — AP Fact Focus via Yahoo News, 13 October 2025 ↑
- Five days of Cambodia–Thailand clashes, dozens dead, more than 100,000 displaced; Congo fighting surged — NBC News, 9 December 2025 ↑
- Fighting ongoing in the DR Congo, 5.3 million displaced; a roadmap for talks agreed — Al Jazeera, 23 August 2026 ↑
- U.S. strikes on Iran; "we're prepared to do another one any time" — NBC News, 2 September 2026 ↑
- The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado — nobelprize.org, 10 October 2025 — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2025/press-release/ ; the White House said the committee "place[d] politics over peace" — Euronews, 10 October 2025 ↑
- "PEACE Friday, 9 October, 11:00 CEST" — nobelprize.org, the 2026 announcements ↑
Republican
EIGHT WARS
The claim in full, from the UN General Assembly in September 2025: "I ended seven wars ... This includes Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Congo and Rwanda ... Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan," and "Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements" 1. At the Knesset in October: "We settled eight wars in eight months. ... Yesterday, I was saying seven, but now I can say eight" 2.
The eighth has the strongest receipt of any of them. The Gaza ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, and three days later Hamas freed the last 20 living Israeli hostages while Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees 3. If one entry on the list is a peace deal a stranger would recognize, it is that one.
Sources
- "I ended seven wars"; the list; "Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize for each one of these achievements" — address to the UN General Assembly, 23 September 2025 — Roll Call / Factba.se ↑
- "We settled eight wars in eight months. ... Yesterday, I was saying seven, but now I can say eight" — remarks to the Knesset, 13 October 2025 — The American Presidency Project ↑
- Hamas released the last 20 living Israeli hostages; Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees — NPR, 13 October 2025 ↑
“I made a list, because he made a list. Cambodia and Thailand. Kosovo and Serbia. The Congo and Rwanda. Pakistan and India. Israel and Iran. Egypt and Ethiopia. Armenia and Azerbaijan. Then in October, "Yesterday, I was saying seven, but now I can say eight." And next to them I wrote what the fact-checkers found, one line each — little evidence of a war, talks stalled, clashes in December, fighting in the Congo still going in August. Oh, one more thing, I almost forgot. Israel and Iran is on the list of wars ended. Who ran the strikes on September first?”— Lou
“Seven wars, he said at the UN, and "everyone says" he should get the Nobel for each one. Then Gaza made eight. The fact-checkers looked at the list: Serbia and Kosovo weren't at war, Egypt and Ethiopia were arguing over a dam, and Thailand and Cambodia were shooting again by December. Oslo announces tomorrow at eleven. That's not a peace record. That's a résumé with the dates rounded.”
“The president ended eight wars, including several that hadn't started, which is the most efficient kind of peace there is — you prevent the war and take credit for ending it, and the Nobel committee simply hasn't developed a category for that yet.”