“It has lost its credibility forever.” Trump on the Nobel Peace Prize after being excluded from it

(CNN) - US President Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on Norway on Friday, after he was excluded from the list of candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize, considering that the award had “lost its credibility forever” and described the decision as “an indelible stain against Norway.”

In a speech he delivered during a rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump told his supporters that this honor should have been his.

He added: "The United States of America - represented by me as your president - should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but it did not. This is an indelible stain on Norway and on those people who made this shameful and embarrassing decision."

He continued: "The Nobel Peace Prize has lost its credibility forever at the hands of a handful of extremist ideologues who are hostile to democracy, and who are in fact enemies of civilization. We will not forget what Norway did."

He also implied that he deserved more than just one award, linking his exclusion to his ongoing complaints about foreign countries exploiting the United States.

He added: "We should have received eight Nobel Prizes - one for each war - but not awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the United States of America is just further evidence of how Norway and others exploit our country."

On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navi Pillay, in appreciation of her efforts to promote peace and international law.

Trump downplayed this year's winner, saying: "Despite all of this, and despite all of these amazing achievements, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to a liberal figure who works at the United Nations, and no one has ever heard of her before." He added: "I have never heard of this particular person, but... congratulations anyway."