Politics
Trump attacks Nobel committee over peace prize for Navi Pillay
October 10, 2026 at 03:59 AM · Updated 6d ago
8 reports · 5 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 22 hours
The Norwegian Nobel committee has awarded the 2026 peace prize to Navi Pillay, prompting US President Donald Trump to attack the decision.
- The Norwegian Nobel committee awarded the 2026 peace prize to Navi Pillay, South Africa's former UN human rights chief.
- Trump, at a Syracuse rally, said the US deserved the prize and called the decision "an indelible stain on the country of Norway."
- Trump said he will "settle or win two more" wars, Iran and Russia-Ukraine, and warned Iran will "give us everything or they don't exist any longer."
- Trump amplified a post accusing Pillay of hating the United States and Israel and of rewarding Hamas.
- Trump said he had never heard of Navi Pillay before her prize was announced.
- Trump called the Nobel committee's decision to honour Pillay 'disgraceful and embarrassing' at the Syracuse rally.
- In a Truth Social post, Trump said he deserved eight Nobel Peace Prizes for settling conflicts including Cambodia-Thailand, Kosovo-Serbia, Pakistan-India, and Israel-Iran.
- Trump claimed he saved more lives than anyone in history and said the prize had lost its credibility forever.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Norwegian Nobel committee of losing its moral compass over the award to Pillay.
- A fact-check found that only three of Trump's eight claimed war settlements, including the Armenia-Azerbaijan deal, withstand scrutiny.







