Donald Trump has again criticised Norway over the Nobel Peace Prize, saying the award is "forever discredited" and telling the country "we will not forget". The US President spoke at a rally in New York on October 9, where he returned to the subject of the prize instead of focusing on US politics ahead of the midterms.
Prize awarded to Navi Pillay
The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was given to South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former UN human rights chief, for her work on justice and accountability for war crimes and genocide. Trump has long sought the prize and has now described the award as "an indelible stain on the country of Norway", saying he "should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't".
Trump repeated his claim to have ended eight wars, although some of the conflicts he says he resolved were only tensions, and his role in easing them has been disputed by some parties involved. The snub comes as the war with Iran that the US and Israel started remains unresolved, reportedly a major issue for voters ahead of the midterm elections.
Attack on the committee
Trump described Pillay as "a liberal person who works at the United Nations who nobody has ever heard of". He added: "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."
The President has continued to criticise Norway, even though the prize is decided not by the country itself but by a five-person Norwegian committee.
