President Trump Criticizes Nobel Peace Prize Snub, Lists Accomplishments

<p>President Donald Trump criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee on October 10, 2026, for not selecting him for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing a list of accomplishments in a post on Truth Social.</p><p>Trump stated, "I settled 8 WARS, am close to ending or settling 2 more, got all of the Israeli hostages back, including the final 28, both living and dead, had hundreds of hostages, from countries all over the World, released and sent back home, won a war in Venezuela, and captured the violent dictator who so viciously ran that country, and stopped the number one state sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon — AND MUCH MORE! Yet, with all of that I, or the United States of America, did not get the Noble Peace Prize. WOW!"</p><p>Trump has expressed interest in the Nobel Peace Prize since receiving his first nomination in 2018 from Norwegian lawmakers for diplomatic efforts involving North Korea and nuclear disarmament.</p><p>In 2019, he mentioned to reporters, "I think I'm going to get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they gave it out fairly, which they don't."</p><p>While the Norwegian Nobel Committee does not publicly disclose nominees, Trump has been nominated at least five times. Notable nominators include former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2025.</p><p>Despite being nominated again this year by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others, Trump was not selected, with the prize awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay.</p><p>Pillay, who was the first non-White woman appointed to South Africa's high court, also served as a judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court. She was the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014.</p><p>The Nobel Committee's announcement noted her role as chair of the U.N.'s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Palestinian Territory and Israel, which has faced criticism for perceived anti-Israel bias.</p><p>Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices, stated, "Navi Pillay is indeed a world leader, an individual at the forefront of the international spread of the poisonous forms of antisemitism that beset the 21st century."</p><p>In contrast, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres praised Pillay's career, describing her as a "champion of international law and human rights and a steadfast, independent voice of justice amidst some of the most historic international legal cases of our time."</p>