- Donald Trump has criticised the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, calling it an indelible stain on Norway.
- The president claimed on Truth Social and at a rally in New York that he deserved the accolade for settling eight wars and securing international diplomatic successes.
- Navi Pillay, a prominent jurist and former UN official, joked at a legal conference in Nuremberg that she might share the prize with Trump if attendees clapped a little more.
- Pillay recently led a UN inquiry concluding that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, drawing condemnation from Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Trump reiterated his frustration over being passed over for the award, claiming the Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by radical ideologues.
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