In a surprising turn, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she would be willing to nominate former President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize—if he can successfully end the war in Ukraine without allowing Moscow to seize any of its neighbor’s territory.
Speaking on the Raging Moderates podcast, Clinton emphasized that if Trump could truly deliver peace, protect Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and stand firm against Russian President Vladimir Putin, she would “gladly” put his name forward for the prestigious award.
The statement came as Trump traveled to Alaska for high-stakes talks with Putin, expressing confidence that there is a 75% chance of striking a peace deal to end the three-year conflict.
The offer is particularly striking given Clinton’s long history of fierce criticism toward Trump. Since her defeat in the 2016 presidential election, she has often targeted him with some of her harshest remarks—famously calling his supporters a “basket of deplorables” and claiming he was “temperamentally unfit” to be president. She has also argued that Trump was too “thin-skinned” to be trusted with nuclear codes, while denouncing his praise for Putin and his combative stance toward U.S. allies.
Her criticisms did not stop there. Earlier this year, Clinton labeled the Trump administration “dumb” in a New York Times op-ed, and just last October she said he appeared “more unhinged and unstable” than during the 2016 campaign.
Against this backdrop, Clinton’s new comments highlight a striking paradox: one of Trump’s fiercest rivals is now open to recognizing him—if he proves capable of engineering peace in one of the world’s most dangerous conflicts.
Political observers suggest her remarks underscore not only the unexpected twists of American politics but also the growing urgency for peace in Ukraine, a goal that transcends even the deepest partisan divides.