The Nobel Lie: A Peacemaker in Theory, a Warmonger in Practice

In early July, Donald Trump was once again nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize—a headline that traveled fast through right-wing media and MAGA-aligned Telegram channels. The nominee was a far-right Norwegian MP with ties to European ethnonationalist movements. His rationale? That Trump had reduced U.S. troop presence abroad and “prevented new wars.”

But the facts on the ground tell a different story.

Within days of the nomination, the Trump administration authorized multiple covert military actions, resumed major weapons deals to known human rights abusers, and extended diplomatic recognition to regimes actively engaged in repression. The irony isn’t just obvious—it’s strategic.

The contradiction between Trump’s “peacemaker” branding and his real-world foreign policy is not a bug. It’s a feature. This administration understands that optics of diplomacy can be weaponized as effectively as bombs.

🏅 Netanyahu’s Nomination: A Diplomatic Spectacle

On July 7, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during a private dinner at the White House, according to Reuters. Netanyahu said, “I want to present… the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee… nominating you for the peace prize, which is well‑deserved.” (whitehouse.gov)

Netanyahu praised Trump’s leadership in regional peace deals—including the Abraham Accords—and credited his recent efforts in brokering a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, even as the Gaza conflict persisted with devastating casualties (people.com).

🎯 The Political Theater Behind the Nomination

  • The nomination followed Trump’s strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, which Netanyahu praised as a catalyst for peace.
  • Netanyahu, facing an ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, used the nomination to reframe himself as a peacemaker.
  • Gaza remains devastated, with over 57,000 dead, according to UN estimates (theguardian.com).

The spectacle isn’t just symbolic—it signals a deeper U.S.–Israel far-right alignment on militarism, repression, and narrative control.

✈️ Drone War Redux: The Quiet Return of the Kill List

July has seen a sharp uptick in unannounced drone operations across the Horn of Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. Independent military tracking groups report:

  • 11 confirmed strikes since July 1 in Somalia, Yemen, and Iraq.
  • 3 instances of civilian casualties, including two medics and one schoolteacher.
  • Zero press briefings or public documentation.

This return to shadow warfare follows the reinstatement of “signature strikes”—a controversial practice where people are targeted based on behavior patterns, not confirmed identity. These tactics were central to Trump’s first term, during which:

  • The Pentagon stopped publishing civilian casualty reports.
  • Drone authority was delegated to field officers with minimal oversight.
  • JSOC and CIA contractors operated in total opacity.

The result? A war with no battlefield, no exit strategy, and no accountability.

🇰🇵 North Korea: Symbolism Over Substance

Trump has re-engaged with North Korea, floating the idea of a new summit. The move is framed as “peaceful outreach”—but there’s no indication that North Korea has changed course:

  • A recent missile test landed near Japanese waters, triggering new regional tensions.
  • State surveillance and gulag operations have intensified, per Amnesty International satellite data.
  • Trump has offered sanctions relief without human rights benchmarks, undercutting global pressure campaigns.

This mirrors his earlier pattern: offer grand gestures, ignore substance, then claim victory. The real danger is not failed diplomacy—it’s the legitimization of dictatorships in exchange for headline management.

🛡️ NATO: Undermining the Alliance From Within

At this month’s NATO summit, Trump used the platform not to strengthen alliances but to bully member states into adopting internal crackdowns.

Behind closed doors, administration officials proposed that:

  • NATO redefine internal protests as “asymmetric threats.”
  • Member states receive U.S. support for “migration control operations” modeled after CBP and ICE.
  • Cooperative intelligence programs be expanded to monitor “left-extremist networks.”

Trump’s NATO posture isn’t anti-war. It’s pro-police state, transposed onto international diplomacy. Instead of leaving NATO outright, he’s attempting to hollow it out from within—transforming it into a nationalist security bloc.

💰 The Authoritarian Arms Pipeline

Arms transfers are at the core of this administration’s foreign policy. Since early June, the State Department has approved new deals including:

  • $2.4B in air-to-ground weapons systems to Saudi Arabia, despite ongoing war crimes in Yemen.
  • $900M in surveillance drones to India, as Kashmir’s communications blackout continues.
  • $700M in small arms and crowd control equipment to Brazil, recently used in violent crackdowns on Indigenous land defenders.

None of these transactions include binding human rights conditions.

And they’re not isolated deals—they’re part of a deliberate pipeline that links Trump’s foreign policy to domestic paramilitary expansion, with many of the same contractors supplying both U.S. police forces and foreign regimes.

📢 Propaganda, Awards, and Political Theater

The Nobel Peace Prize nomination was never about actual diplomacy. It’s about narrative warfare.

The Trump team is building a mythology:

  • Trump as a “restrained leader” compared to his successors.
  • Trump as the only president who “ended wars” (by outsourcing them to proxies).
  • Trump as a global statesman—so long as that definition excludes diplomacy, treaties, or multilateralism.

This mythology is essential to the 2025 reelection narrative. It allows Trump to:

  • Distract from his authoritarian domestic agenda.
  • Reframe global conflict as “necessary policing.”
  • Present himself as a global stabilizer, even as his policies fuel instability.

The Nobel nomination was submitted by an ally. But the real nomination campaign is being run out of Mar-a-Lago media rooms.

🌐 Global Authoritarian Coordination

This isn’t just a U.S. story. Trump’s foreign policy is aligned with a broader global authoritarian current.

In just the last two weeks:

  • His administration hosted a private roundtable with Hungarian and Turkish officials in Miami to discuss “cybersecurity coordination” (read: surveillance).
  • A “democracy summit” sponsored by Trump-aligned NGOs invited speakers from India’s RSS, Italy’s Brothers of Italy, and Brazil’s pro-military bloc.
  • Russian social media networks promoted the Nobel nomination extensively—often paired with clips of Trump criticizing Black Lives Matter, Palestine solidarity protests, and anti-fascist organizers.

We are witnessing the construction of an international far-right alliance, built on repression, disinformation, and shared enemies.

Watch Points for the Resistance

This global agenda must be tracked and resisted. Some key indicators to monitor:

  • DSCA announcements for new arms transfers.
  • Drone strike tracking via independent watchdogs (Airwars, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism).
  • International conference schedules for far-right gatherings.
  • Sanctions rollback mechanisms, especially via executive order or emergency declaration.

The Contradiction is the Point

Trump is not being hypocritical when he claims peace while authorizing war. He is being strategic.

His project is to collapse the distinction between militarism and diplomacy, to make violence look like order, and to sell authoritarianism as stability.

And as always, the cost is paid in blood—usually far from the press cameras, in countries and communities already pushed to the margins.

Let’s make sure we see it clearly. And name it for what it is.