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) .

(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.

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