Trump, don’t be angry! The Nobel Peace Prize winner said "applause louder": maybe give you half

Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African jurist, served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and a judge of the International Criminal Court.

US President Trump was publicly angry because he failed to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but the new winner made the audience laugh with a joke! After South African jurist and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem "Navi" Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, he faced the enthusiastic applause and said with a smile, "If you applaud more, I might share this award with Trump." This video immediately attracted the attention of the international media.

According to CBS News, Pillay said this when she received the news of winning the award in Nuremberg, Germany. Her colleagues and friends around her applauded and congratulated her. The words were a light-hearted response to Trump's long-standing desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but she did not formally propose an arrangement to share the prize. This humorous response with high EQ and advanced sarcasm caused a burst of laughter at the scene, and then quickly went viral on international social networks.

Pillay, 85, is a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on the 9th that it would award the Peace Prize to her in recognition of her long-term promotion of international law and the investigation of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

Nobel Prize Rules: Prizes cannot be transferred or shared

While Pillai was showing off his magnanimous demeanor, Trump, who was far away on the other side of the Atlantic, seemed particularly careless. After learning that Pillay had won the award, Trump immediately went to a rally in Syracuse, New York, on the evening of the 9th, and completely exploded with anger on stage.

Trump publicly vented his dissatisfaction in front of his supporters, denounced Pillay as a "liberal mysterious figure that no one has ever heard of", and claimed that this award should have been awarded to "myself, the president of the United States of America." Trump even pointed his finger at the host country, Norway, and denounced the decision as a "stain of shame that cannot be washed away." He even publicly warned: "Norway, we will never forget that you did not award this award to me."

However, Pillay's joke does not mean that the Nobel Peace Prize can really be shared by the winner. The Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Nobel Institute stated in January this year that once the Peace Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred, and the qualifications for the prize permanently belong to the winner.