Trump claims he deserves Nobel Prize and Pulitzer award

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 12:33 · Archive

Donald Trump complained at a South Carolina rally that he should have won both the Nobel Peace Prize and a Pulitzer Prize.

Donald Trump complained at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday that he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize and a Pulitzer Prize for writing. He was at Clemson University to support Senator Lindsey Graham during a tight U.S. Senate race when he made the remarks.

Trump claimed that he had settled wars and should therefore be more deserving of the peace prize than its recent recipients. He stated that Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado, when receiving the prize, had acknowledged that Trump deserved it more than any human being who had previously received it. He also claimed he was told he could win the prize in 2026, only for someone else to receive it.

Trump then criticised the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navanethem Pillay, saying 'The only thing I know is she hates Israel.' The Nobel Prize website states Pillay received the award in recognition 'for her efforts to promote peace and international law.' Trump has previously complained about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize and has an ongoing lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board over its 2018 award to The New York Times and The Washington Post for reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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• Trump was in South Carolina to save midterm seat — then he moaned about not winning Nobel PrizeTrump also claimed that he should have won a Pulitzer Prize in addition to the Nobel Peace PrizeIndependent World · 22 Oct, 12:07
• Trump Branded 'Barely Literate Imbecile' After Yet Another Demand For New AwardPresident Donald Trump once again whined on Wednesday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This time, however, he added a new award to the ever-growing list of achievements he insists he deserves. “But I didn’t get the Nobel Prize. I didn’t get the Pulitzer. I should have gotten a Pulitzer for writing, too. The people that got it shouldn’t have gotten it, you know? They got a Pulitzer Prize for their accurate and wonderful writing on the subject of Russia, Russia, Russia,” Trump said at a rally in South Carolina on Wednesday while speaking about Stephen Hubbard, the recently released…HuffPost UK · 22 Oct, 06:17

In this story: Donald Trump · Lindsey Graham · María Corina Machado · Navanethem Pillay · South Carolina · The New York Times · The Washington Post

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