Trump takes Nobel Prize snub to Truth Social in late-night rant: ‘Indelible stain’

President Donald Trump lashed out at the Nobel Committee late Friday after it gave this year's Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a South African human rights lawyer, rather than to him. On Truth Social he argued that his role in ending eight wars entitled him to the award, and he said passing him over left an "indelible stain" on Norway. He also said he knew nothing about the 85-year-old Pillay and asserted that she hates Israel. At a Syracuse, New York, rally he accused Norway of ripping off the country, according to The Independent.

Pillay has spent decades in human rights and international justice, once representing Nelson Mandela and later holding senior United Nations posts. Footage shared by Amnesty International's Agnes Callamard shows her joking at a Nuremberg conference that she might share the prize with Trump if the audience kept applauding. Last year she headed a UN inquiry that found Israel committed genocide in Gaza, which Israel firmly denies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the selection.

The outburst follows María Corina Machado's January decision to give Trump her 2025 medal. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the medal's holder, chooses the laureate.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →