President Donald Trump has long quested after a Nobel Peace Prize, a distinction that would put him in a vaunted and exclusive club. But unlike a U.S. presidential campaign, winning a Nobel Peace Prize depends on an electorate of five — and Trump may not have a majority.

The Nobel Committee has no process for "removing" a Peace Prize nominee, because no public nominee list exists in the first place.

Yes, someone once nominated Adolf Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize. No, Pope Leo XIV did not nominate Taylor Swift for the prestigious award.