
US President Donald Trump criticized the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former UN official Navi Pillay, calling the decision disgraceful and embarrassing, and claiming it stained Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee.
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Each year of his presidency, Trump has expressed disappointment at his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
The US president lashed out after former UN official Navi Pillay was awarded the prize, claiming the decision discredited Norway
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Published: 10:19am, 10 Oct 2026
US President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee.
Trump unleashed on Norway hours after the committee awarded this year’s prize to Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
Trump called Pillay a “mystery person” during a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York. “I never heard of the person. Nobody did.”
Each year of his presidency, Trump has expressed disappointment at his failure to win the prize.
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Trump will continue to criticize the Nobel Peace Prize selection process in future public statements.
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U.S. President Trump publicly criticized Pillay, a former South African human rights judge who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, at a rally in Syracuse, New York, calling him a "mysterious figure that no one has ever heard of." He claimed that the award should be awarded to him because he believed that he prevented multiple conflicts and saved millions of lives during his tenure.

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