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Three peace prizes. One record. Every number sourced.

Editorial cartoon: Trump, Netanyahu and Putin on a peace-prize podium, gold, silver and bronze, with blood on their hands; a crow in a torn dove costume sits on the podium

Welcome to the podium. Gold: Donald Trump. Silver: Benjamin Netanyahu. Bronze: Vladimir Putin. All three sell themselves as men of peace. Below are their own words, and next to them the record, with a source and a date on every number.

Editorial cartoon: Trump waving a gold PEACE PRIZE trophy with red-stained hands, ruins behind him
Gold

Donald Trump

“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.”Inaugural address, 20 January 2025 · whitehouse.gov

After the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize went to Navi Pillay, he said the committee had “shamed itself beyond repair”, repeated that he settled 8 wars, and argued he should have won the award 8 times. Source

The record

  • 156 civilians, 120 of them schoolchildren, killed when a US Tomahawk missile hit Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026, the first day of the war on Iran.Wikipedia: 2026 Minab school attack
  • At least 238 people killed (including 17 missing, presumed dead) in at least 79 US strikes on boats accused of drug trafficking, Operation Southern Spear, from 2 September 2025 to 4 October 2026.Wikipedia: Operation Southern Spear strikes
  • EstimateYemen, 15 March to 6 May 2025: 224 civilians killed by US strikes (Airwars). The Pentagon itself reported 153 civilians killed and 243 wounded.Wikipedia: March–May 2025 US attacks in Yemen
  • ModelledUSAID cuts, 2025: 781,343 deaths, including 518,428 children, attributed to the first year of cuts by Impact Counter. A Lancet analysis projects more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030 if the cuts continue; that estimate is disputed.Wikipedia: USAID in the second Trump administration
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A joint production: the 2026 war on Iran

  • In early 2026 Netanyahu lobbied Trump for a joint military strike on Iran, specifically targeting its leadership. US and Israeli strikes began on 28 February 2026.Wikipedia: 2026 Iran war
  • Killed in Iran: 3,375 (WHO/OCHA), 3,528 (Iran’s health ministry), 3,684 (HRANA). Killed in all countries: 8,000–10,600.Wikipedia: Casualties of the 2026 Iran war
  • EstimateCost of the war so far, as estimated by the US Department of Defense in September 2026: $43.6 billion.Wikipedia: 2026 Iran war
Editorial cartoon: Netanyahu holding a silver PEACE PRIZE medal with red-stained hands, ruins behind him
Silver

Benjamin Netanyahu

“He’s forging peace, as we speak, in one country in the region after another.”Netanyahu, handing Trump his Nobel Peace Prize nomination, 7 July 2025 · El País

The record

Editorial cartoon: Putin with a bronze PEACE PRIZE medal and a rifle, red-stained hands, ruins behind him
Bronze

Vladimir Putin

“It is not our plan to occupy the Ukrainian territory. We do not intend to impose anything on anyone by force.”Putin, 24 February 2022, the day the invasion began · kremlin.ru

The record