Trump criticises Norway over Nobel Peace Prize award

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 03:24 · Archive

President Trump complained at a rally that he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize instead of the 2026 recipient.

President Trump complained on Friday that he should have won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Navi Pillay. Speaking at a rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump said the award was 'a disgraceful and embarrassing decision' and called it 'an indelible stain on the country of Norway'. He said the Nobel Peace Prize 'has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy'.

Trump claimed to have settled eight wars and argued he should have received eight Nobel Prizes for his efforts. He listed wars he said he had settled, some of which the outlets suggest were not actual wars or remain unsettled. Trump also said he was 'about to settle or win two more: Iran and Russia-Ukraine'. The New York Post reports that Trump dismissed the prize winner as a 'liberal person who works at the United Nations'.

The Guardian reports that Trump made his complaints in a year he had started a war with Iran. Trump claimed he would end both the Iran and Russia-Ukraine conflicts 'quickly', saying that Iran would have to 'give us everything or they don't exist any longer'. He also claimed to have stopped Iran from developing nuclear weapons, despite US intelligence reporting to Congress in 2025 that Iran had suspended its nuclear programme in 2003.

How it is being reported

• Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes NorwayPresident complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’ Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran. At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee. Continue reading...Guardian World · 10 Oct, 02:57
• Trump goes off on Norway for awarding Nobel Peace Prize to ‘mystery woman’ — claims he deserves ‘eight’ medalsThe president said not being awarded the prize is “just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”New York Post · 10 Oct, 02:41

In this story: Donald Trump · Navi Pillay · Norway · Iran · United Nations · United States of America · Ukrainian-Russian conflict · Nobel Peace Prize

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