Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she would be willing to nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize—on one major condition: that he successfully negotiates a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine without forcing Kyiv to surrender its territory to Moscow.
Speaking on the Raging Moderates podcast, Clinton acknowledged Trump’s well-known desire to win the prestigious award and framed her remarks as both encouragement and a challenge. “I understand, from everything I read, that he would very much like to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,” she told co-host Jessica Tarlov.
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Clinton stressed that any agreement must not legitimize Russian President Vladimir Putin’s vision of a “greater Russia.” “If he could end it, without putting Ukraine in a position where it had to concede its territory to the aggressor … but instead could really stand up to Putin, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize,” she said.
The former Democratic presidential candidate, who ran against Trump in 2016, noted that the U.S. president now has an opportunity to act as the “architect” of a lasting peace. But, she warned, such a deal must prevent Russian troops from remaining in occupied Ukrainian territories.
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“If President Trump were the architect of that, I’d nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize because my goal here is to not allow capitulation to Putin, aided and abetted by the United States,” she added.
Clinton’s unexpected remarks highlight both the urgency of ending the war and the political stakes involved in how any potential peace agreement might be shaped.
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