Angry that I didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize! Trump campaigned to lambaste Pillay: No one listened

U.S. President Trump staged a rally in Syracuse, New York, on the 9th, publicly criticizing the results of this year's Nobel Peace Prize selection. (AFP)

U.S. President Trump failed to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year and publicly vented his anger at a rally in Syracuse, New York on the evening of the 9th. He denounced Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, the former South African human rights judge who won this year's award, as "a mysterious figure that no one has ever heard of." He claimed that the award should have been awarded to himself, who represents the United States, and angrily stated that the award had been forever destroyed by a small number of anti-democratic "enemies of civilization."

Agence France-Presse reported that Trump bluntly said at a rally of supporters: "I have never heard of this person, no one has." He described Pillay as a liberal mysterious figure working at the United Nations, and pointed the finger at the host country Norway, denouncing the decision as a "stain of shame that cannot be washed away" by the country, and even publicly warned: "Norway, we will not forget that you did not award this award to me."

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In his speech, Trump emphasized that the Peace Prize should belong to "me, the President, on behalf of the United States of America." He credits himself with saving millions of lives during his tenure and cited his efforts to quell a number of potential conflicts, including preventing war between North and South Korea, easing the crisis between Japan and North Korea, preventing China from taking military action against Taiwan, and even claiming to have prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

He has repeatedly believed that America should have won the award for quelling the war.

Trump has long been resentful about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He has publicly complained many times in the past that former President Obama won the award just after taking office in 2009, and claimed that Obama "had no idea why he won the award." The Trump camp has previously sought the nomination through right-wing politicians from many countries, citing the Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and Arab countries and the historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

The 85-year-old winner of this year's award, Pillay, was a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC). When she previously chaired the United Nations Commission of Inquiry, she issued a report accusing Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip. Her human rights advocacy stance was very different from Trump's Middle East foreign policy, and it also became the trigger for a strong backlash from the Trump camp.

In response to Trump's fierce attacks, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has always maintained its position of not commenting on the losers' remarks; Pillay also did not directly respond to Trump's personal attacks at the rally in his public remarks after winning the prize.