Trump thinks he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize. His quest for it is now the butt of the joke

President Donald Trump spent a large share of a Friday night rally in Syracuse, New York, complaining that he was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, which went that same day to Navi Pillay, a South African rights advocate. He said the United States, under his leadership, deserved the award, claimed he had no idea who she was, and described the outcome as a permanent blemish on Norway. The prize is not chosen by Norway's government. Pillay got a laugh from her audience by joking that she might split it with him if the applause continued, according to CNN.

CNN frames this as the end of a failed campaign that reflects his second term more broadly: a hunt for personal acclaim through shortcuts. Its account points to the Greenland threats, the operation that seized Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, and a war on Iran begun in February that has run past seven months. At the United Nations last month Trump said the victor gets the spoils, a sentiment CNN says clashes with the spirit of the prize. María Corina Machado gave him her medal after the Venezuela operation, and CNN reports it has not changed his approach.

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