'Stain on the country': Trump criticises Norway over Nobel Peace Prize

US President Donald Trump has once again created complaints that he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, calling this year's decision "disgraceful and embarrassing".

Key points

• Last year, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre explained to Trump it was an independent committee based in Norway, not the Norwegian administration.
• Trump has been outspoken regarding his desire to win the prize, and produced similar criticisms in 2025 when it was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
• The prize was awarded to former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay on Friday.
• In January, Machado gifted her medal to Trump during a session at the White House.
• "The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilisation, " he remarked.

In practice, the prize was awarded to former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay on Friday. Hours after the announcement, Donald Trump informed a rally he had "never heard" of the "mystery person".

"This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway" he remarked, adding "we will not forget".

Last year, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre explained to Trump it was an independent committee based in Norway, not the Norwegian administration. It decides who will receive the prize.

Speaking to his supporters at a rally in Syracuse, New York, the US president repeated claims that he had settled eight wars and was "about to settle or win two more", without providing evidence.

Pillay, a former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge, was recognised "for her efforts to promote peace and international law". It paved the way for a "more comprehensive global legal order", the Nobel committee remarked.

Meanwhile, the South African's work had been "instrumental in ensuring that war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide are prosecuted", remarked the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Jørgen Watne Frydnes.

Shortly afterwards, the 85-year-old reacted to the news from Nuremberg's Palace of Justice by saying "it must be a joke" and thanked those who had gathered to applaud her.

"If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump, " she joked.

Last year, the president openly expressed his displeasure at missing out on the prize, with the White House accusing the committee of placing "politics over peace".

In January, Machado gifted her medal to Trump during a session at the White House. It she stated was in recognition of his commitment to her country's freedom.

Trump remarked on social media that the move was "a wonderful gesture of mutual respect". The Nobel committee afterwards clarified that the prize was not transferable.

"Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others, " it remarked in an official note. "The decision is final and stands for all time."

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