Hillary Clinton might nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
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Trump says he “may have to start liking” Hillary Clinton after she offered to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize if his talks with Putin secure a Ukraine peace deal.
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President Donald Trump talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin Friday, August 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (AP)
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he “may have to start liking” former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again after she suggested she would nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize if his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin prove successful.
On Thursday, Clinton, speaking on the podcast Raging Moderates, said that if Trump managed to secure a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine during his summit with Putin without “capitulating” to the Kremlin’s demands, she would personally nominate him for the prestigious award.
She added that her more realistic hope for Friday’s meeting in Alaska would be for Trump to walk away with a clear understanding that Putin “can’t be trusted.”
“That was very nice. I may have to start liking her again,” Trump told Fox News.
Trump changes plans for summit
Trump has altered plans for his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, with the White House confirming on Friday that the two leaders will no longer meet alone.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters aboard Air Force One that instead of the previously planned one-on-one session, Trump will be joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. The meeting will then expand over lunch to include other senior officials.
The announcement came as Trump arrived at a military base in Anchorage for what has been billed as a historic summit aimed at pressing for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Putin’s trip marks his first visit to Western soil since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022, which triggered the most serious standoff between Moscow and the West in decades.
Trump says Putin ready for Ukraine deal
Trump has claimed he believes Vladimir Putin is prepared to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, as the two leaders prepare to meet in Alaska on Friday. But his suggestion that Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky could “divvy things up” may unsettle Kiev.
The US president estimated there was a 75% chance the Alaska talks would succeed, adding that the pressure of economic sanctions may have made the Russian leader more open to a settlement.
Trump stressed he would not allow Putin to gain the upper hand, telling reporters, “I am president, and he’s not going to mess around with me. I’ll know within the first two minutes, three minutes, four minutes or five minutes … whether or not we’re going to have a good meeting or a bad meeting. And if it’s a bad meeting, it’ll end very quickly, and if it’s a good meeting, we’re going to end up getting peace in the pretty near future.”
