Donald Trump attacks Nobel Peace Prize Committee and Norway
Quick Look
- US President Donald Trump has again complained about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling the Nobel Committee's decision disgraceful and criticizing Norway.
- He made the comments a few hours after the prize was awarded to South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay, repeating his annual disappointment at not being awarded the prize during his presidency.
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Why It Matters
Trump has expressed disappointment at not winning the Nobel Peace Prize every year of his presidency. In 2025, Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado received the award and later gave the medal to Trump, who dropped it.
US President Donald Trump has complained again about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He described the Nobel Prize Committee's decision on Friday as disgraceful and embarrassing. "This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway and on those people who made such a shameful and embarrassing decision," Trump said in a campaign speech in upstate New York.
He helped prevent wars between North and South Korea, Japan and North Korea, and China and Taiwan, he said, without citing any evidence. "The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democratic and real enemies of civilization." Addressing Norway, the US President said: "The fact that they have not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the United States of America is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are exploiting our country."
Trump made the comments a few hours after the committee awarded this year's prize to South African lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay. The 85-year-old will be honored for her commitment to peace and international law, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday in Oslo.
The US President calls Navi Pillay a “mysterious person”
Pillay's career has included being a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and UN Human Rights Commissioner. Pillay also headed the UN Commission of Inquiry into the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which concluded last year that Israel had committed genocide in the Gaza Strip. Israel rejected the report as “scandalous”.
Trump has expressed disappointment at not winning the prize in every year of his presidency. In 2025, the opposition politician María Corina Machado from Venezuela received the prize and later gave the medal to her supporter Trump - only to see him drop it: The USA violently overthrew Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro in January, but came to terms with the remaining regime under Maduro's deputy Delcy Rodríguez.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Trump will repeat his criticism of the Nobel Prize Committee and Norway in future campaign speeches.
Very likely · Within months
Norway will issue official statements on Trump's comments to defend its position as a peace broker.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What concrete evidence does Trump have to support his claims that he prevented wars between North and South Korea, Japan and North Korea, and China and Taiwan?
- Why does Trump think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?
- How is the awarding of the prize to Navi Pillay perceived in South Africa and internationally?
- What further reactions can we expect from Norway and other countries to Trump's statements?
