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GOP lawmaker says Melania Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize nomination for her role in Russia talks

By Kunal Dey
Published on : 00:34 PST, Aug 30, 2025
GOP lawmaker says Melania Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize nomination for her role in Russia talks
Rep Anna Paulina Luna believes Melania Trump will be a key reason the US is able to broker peace with Ukraine (Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) believes it’s time for Melania Trump to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize. 

The congresswoman went all in on Fox News on Friday, August 29, telling host Charlie Hurt that both President Donald Trump and the first lady deserve a serious look from the Nobel committee.

 

Anna Paulina Luna gushes about the Trumps

“Look, President Trump just secured a win with some of the largest tax cuts in history,” Anna Paulina Luna declared. “Not to mention, he’s going to be capping prescription prices.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 28: U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is headed to Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida for the weekend. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump walks towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 28, 2025, in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump himself has been coyly chasing a Nobel Peace Prize, even claiming he “ended six wars in six months." Luna went further, tossing in a questionable brag about Buddhist support.

“And also, he’s continuing to broker world peace, so much so that literally hundreds of monks have nominated him, including world leaders, for the Nobel Peace Prize,” she insisted.

Hurt asked, “Do you think that the Nobel Peace Prize committee people will actually come around? At some point, I guess maybe they need him more than he needs them.”

“Most certainly,” Luna responded. “If the Nobel Peace Prize committee knows what’s good for them, they’d do the right thing and nominate [sic] him. But also, too, I think that Melania Trump might also have a nomination. I think that she’s been very instrumental in discussions with Russia. And also, too, I think that she’s going to be a key reason why we’re able to broker peace with Ukraine.”

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the signing ceremony for the TAKE IT DOWN Act in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The first lady made the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act a priority, traveling to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers and show her support for the legislation, which addresses non-consensual intimate imagery, or
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the signing ceremony for the TAKE IT DOWN Act in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 19, 2025, in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

“I love that they could be the first joint couple to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. And then even better would be if they then turned it down,” Hurt quipped.

Melania Trump’s letter diplomacy

Melania Trump recently wrote a carefully worded letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin about abducted Ukrainian children. However, it didn’t explicitly mention Ukraine or Ukrainians.

“As parents, it is our duty to nurture the next generation’s hope. As leaders, the responsibility to sustain our children extends beyond the comfort of a few. Undeniably, we must strive to paint a dignity-filled world for all—so that every soul may wake to peace, and so that the future itself is perfectly guarded,” the first lady wrote.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave her credit. “We deeply appreciate her compassion and her letter to Putin. I asked President Trump to pass along a letter of gratitude from Ukraine’s First Lady, Olena Zelenska, to Melania. Her voice matters, and her care gives strength to this cause,” he posted on X (formerly Twitter).

 

Trump himself has been playing middleman, meeting both Putin and Zelensky this month. Regardless, the war rages on. On Thursday, Russia unleashed drone and missile strikes on Kyiv that reportedly killed at least 23 people.

Trump’s desire to bag the Nobel gold is nothing new. He’s reportedly even cold-called Norwegian politicians to push for a nod. But the actual committee seems to be a major hurdle.

OSLO, NORWAY - DECEMBER 10: A plaque depicting Alfred Nobel at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2008 in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2008 in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. His will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, Norway, in the presence of the king, on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
A plaque depicting Alfred Nobel at the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony 2008 in Oslo City Hall on December 10, 2008, in Oslo, Norway (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee have publicly slammed Trump, saying his attacks on the press are “dismantling democracy.”

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