A fake is being circulated on social media claiming that the Nobel Committee has allegedly permanently disqualified Donald Trump from all future awards because of his decision to rename the U.S. Department of Defense as the “Department of War”. The claim was debunked by Indian fact-checkers from the DigitEye India project.

Posts containing this claim are accompanied by an image resembling a press release from the Associated Press, dated 25 September 2025. The fake “document” states that the Nobel Committee in Stockholm allegedly described Trump’s actions as a “serious violation of historical dignity and semantic etiquette”. In reality, no official announcement of this kind was made by either the Nobel Committee or the Associated Press.

DigitEye India’s verification showed that the image is fabricated. It contains fictitious contact details, including the name “Hanz Zeemer” and the domain “swisstimes.org”, which have no connection to the Nobel Committee or the Associated Press. In addition, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony takes place in Oslo, not Stockholm, as stated in the fake “press release”.

There are also no mentions of Donald Trump’s disqualification on the official Nobel Prize website, where all press releases and announcements are published openly. The Committee also reminds that the nomination process is entirely confidential and is not disclosed for at least 50 years after submission.

Moreover, the author of the original post on the social network X admitted that the message was a joke, but it quickly began circulating as “breaking news”.

Therefore, the information about Donald Trump being disqualified from future Nobel Prizes is completely fabricated.