President Donald Trump has been nominated for one of the most prestigious and sought-after awards in the world: the Nobel Peace Prize. But, few Americans think he is deserving of the high honor, according to new polling.

The government of Pakistan, on June 20, announced it was recommending Trump for the 2026 peace prize for his role in securing a cease-fire between Pakistan and India, following a brief conflict between the neighboring states.

The military crisis — which involved an exchange of missile strikes — broke out in May after a terrorist attack in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir. After several days of intense fighting, a cessation of hostilities was announced, with Trump taking credit.

“Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi which de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation,” the Pakistani government said, calling the U.S. president “a genuine peacemaker.”

However, the praise was short-lived. The day after nominating Trump for the prize, the country’s government condemned him for bombing Iran, which it labeled “deeply disturbing.”

Here is what Americans think of Trump being put up for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Most say Trump isn’t deserving

In a June 24 YouGov survey, which sampled 4,420 U.S. adults, a slim majority of respondents, 51%, said Trump does not deserve to win the peace prize.

Meanwhile, less than one-third, 29%, said he is worthy of the honor. Twenty percent said they weren’t sure.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the results broke along partisan lines. The majority of Republicans, 67%, said the president deserves to win, while most Democrats and independents — 83% and 52%, respectively — said he does not.

Men were also slightly more likely to say Trump should win the prize (34%), while fewer women said he is entitled to win (24%).

The poll — which has a margin of error of 2.1 percentage points — also found that a plurality of Americans, 49%, think Trump has made the world less peaceful. A much smaller share, 26%, said he has made the global community more peaceful.

Here, again, there were major partisan differences, with 62% of Republicans saying Trump has made the world more peaceful, and 81% of Democrats and 53% of independents saying he’s made it less peaceful.

Not his first nomination

Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize multiple times in the past — though it’s never resulted in a win.

In 2024, Rep. Claudia Tenney, a New York Republican, recommended the president for the honor in recognition of the Abraham Accords — brokered by the Trump administration in 2020 — which established diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab nations.

Also in 2024, Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Merezhko nominated Trump for the prize in an attempt to encourage him to end the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the Telegraph. However, in June, Merezhko rescinded his nomination, claiming he’d lost “any kind of faith” in the president’s capacity to end the war.

Trump has recently lamented his lack of recognition for his peace-making efforts.

“I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do,” he wrote on Truth Social on June 20, “including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”

The prize is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, composed of five members of the Scandinavian country’s parliament. It accepts nominations from a variety of individuals, including members of national governments, university professors and people who have received the prize in the past.

All nominations for the current year must be made by Jan. 31, and the winners are announced in October.

Past winners have included Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Henry Kissinger and Barack Obama.

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