Trump claims US represented by POTUS should've received Nobel Peace Prize, calls it "indelible stain on the country of Norway"

Donald Trump has slammed Norway for not awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the United States of America. He said that they have stopped numerous wars and that he should have received the award this year.

The Nobel Peace Prize this year has been awarded to Navi Pillay, a former UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge. The 85-year-old has worked extensively towards numerous causes, including conflicts in the likes of Gaza, Rwanda, and more. The Nobel Committee stated that she was recognised for "her efforts to promote peace and international law".

However, Donald Trump didn't agree with the decision and slammed Norway and the Nobel Committee during his speech in Syracuse on Friday, October 9. He said that the Nobel Prize was awarded to someone "who nobody has ever heard of."

He added (via Aaron Rupar):

"The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't. And this is an indelible stain on the country of Norway, and those people who made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision."

"The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democratic and really enemies of civilisation, and we will not forget, Norway, that you didn't give this prize to the person with the greatest record in history," he added.

Trump said that they should have won "eight Nobel Peace Prizes" for each war they allegedly settled. He added that this is allegedly a sign of "how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country."

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Navi Pillay cracked a joke about Donald Trump after winning the Nobel Peace Prize

On Thursday, October 8, Navi Pillay was in attendance at an academic and legal conference at Nuremberg's Palace of Justice. She was told that she had won the coveted award at the venue. She first said that "it must be a joke".

People gathered around her started clapping. Pillay thanked them and then took a dig at Trump, saying:

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

This was in reference to last year's Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Venezuelan activist and politician María Corina Machado. Earlier this year, the US forces captured former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro.

After the incident, Machado, who was an opposition politician, met the POTUS at the White House (via BBC). She also presented her Nobel Prize to him, saying that it was a "recognition for his unique commitment to our freedom."

However, the Nobel Committee soon released a statement, clarifying that the prizes cannot be transferred, writing:

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

The POTUS has expressed his desire to win the coveted award for a couple of years now. While he hasn't won the Nobel Prize, last year, FIFA President Gianni Infantino awarded him the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.

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