Trump criticizes Nobel Committee for awarding Peace Prize to Navi Pillay
Trump criticizes the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay, sharing a message that calls her an unabashed hater of America and Israel.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee for awarding the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay, sharing a message that called the South African jurist an unabashed hater of America and Israel.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “RT Today the Nobel Committee shamed itself beyond repair and demeaned the once great Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to the UN’s Navi Pillay. Pillay is an unabashed hater of America and Israel. In her position she celebrated terrorists and rewarded Hamas. She conducted a phony “investigation” claiming to find that Israel committed genocide and urging prosecution. She has no credibility in any normal sphere and has never done a thing to foster peace. Just the opposite. But what could be expected from a committee that previously gave the once coveted peace prize to Yasser Arafat? President Trump gave us the Abraham Accords, which the world said would be impossible and is now expanding them! He brought home the hostages when all seemed hopeless! He is making best efforts to end the Russia/Ukraine war, to stop Iran, the number one sponsor of international terrorism, and he is trying to rebuild Gaza despite the terrorists’ best efforts to control it. The list goes on and on. These are the kinds of things the Nobel Peace Prize was intended to recognize and reward!!!” on October 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM ET.
This is Trump’s second message released today, and the last post was 9 hours ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 17 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 41 of his 395 posts over the last 30 days classified as Foreign Policy posts.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her promotion of international law, according to nobelprize. The South African-born former judge served with the International Criminal Court and later became the United Nations human rights chief, according to cbsnews. She also led a United Nations inquiry last year that accused Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip, prompting swift condemnation from the Israeli government, according to cbsnews.
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