AP Press Release About Trump Being Barred From Receiving Nobel Prize is Fake!

No press release or statement has been released barring Trump from future awards by the Nobel Committee.

Fact-Check: This press release is fake and not released by AP.

(Source: The Quint) 

A social media post stating that the Nobel Prize committee has 'permanently disqualified' United States President Donald Trump from all future awards has gone viral.

• The post stated that this alleged decision was taken because Trump renamed the US Department of Defence to the "Department of War."

• The post featured an image showing a press release purportedly by the Nobel Prize committee, with the logo of the Associated Press (AP).

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false.

• This press release is fake as AP has not published any such article on their website or social media.

• The Nobel Prize committee has also not issued any such statement barring Trump from being nominated for future awards.

What we found: At first, we checked the website for "swiss times," which was listed in the contact section for one Hanz Zeemer, at the top right corner of the viral image.

Here is a close-up of the email address.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint) 

• The Google search led us to this page which meant that it has been down or deleted.

Here is a preview of the Swiss Times website.

(Source: Swiss Times/The Quint) 

• We, also, checked AP's website and social media and did not find any such press release or article like the viral post.

• Team WebQoof has reached out to the news outlet for their inputs regarding the claim.

Trump and Nobel Peace Prize: President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Israel and Cambodia, reported the Times of India.

• However, this only means that Trump has been nominated for the award and does NOT guarantee him winning it, as per the guidelines by the committee.

• The official list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize is released 50 years after the prize is awarded, in accordance with the rules of the Nobel Foundation.

Here is the preview of rules by the committee. 

(Source: Nobel Prize website) 

• Additionally, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has 'no say' in submissions that arrives according to the criteria, but can only decide who is actually awarded the prize in October.

Here is the preview of rules by the committee. 

(Source: Nobel Prize website) 

Conclusion: No such statement or press release stating that Trump has been permanently disqualified from all future awards has been released by AP or the Nobel Committee.

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