Trump denounces Nobel Peace Prize award to Navi Pillay as 'indelible stain' on Norway
President Donald Trump reacted with intense anger after the Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay instead of himself. Trump called the decision an 'indelible stain' on Norway and dismissed Pillay as a 'mystery person,' while the Norwegian committee defended its choice as a defense of international law. The award triggered immediate backlash from Israel and new US sanctions against the International Criminal Court.