Navi Pillay Jokes About Sharing Nobel Prize With Trump
The committee cited her work on war crimes and genocide, while her joke drew laughter and online attention.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee during a rally in Syracuse, New York, calling the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay "disgraceful and embarrassing."
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee stated Pillay received the prize for efforts to "promote peace and international law," citing her service on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which prosecuted those responsible for the 1994 genocide.
- Trump reiterated claims he resolved eight conflicts and saved "nearly 50 million lives," arguing the United States should have received the prize and calling the decision "an indelible stain" on Norway.
- The award comes amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and international legal institutions, as Pillay chaired a UN commission concluding Israel committed genocide in Gaza, a finding the Israeli government rejected.
- Historically, four U.S. Presidents—Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama—have received the Nobel Peace Prize, with the 2026 award scheduled for presentation in Oslo on December 10.
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US President Donald Trump still believes that he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, the prize went to the South African lawyer Navanethem Pillay. He has never heard of it, Trump explained, but he congratulated her "despite that."
The President of the United States said this Friday that Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay is an unknown and ranked the Nobel Committee as corrupt.
US President Donald Trump is upset with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Indian-born South African jurist Navi Pillay. He said, "I should have received eight Nobel Prizes, not just one."
Trump says Norway has 'indelible stain' for denying him Nobel Peace Prize after Navi Pillay wins
SYRACUSE, New York: 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…
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