Trump says Norway has 'indelible stain' for not awarding him Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, New York
Published: 10 Oct 2026, 10:32 PM
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.
"This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway
and those people that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision,"
Trump said.
He listed a number of conflicts that he claimed a role in
resolving and said he has helped prevent wars from breaking out between North
and South Korea, Japan and North Korea, and China and Taiwan, without providing
evidence.
"The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilization. And we will not forget, Norway," he said.