US President Donald Trump has launched a sharp attack on the newly announced Nobel Peace Prize laureate, South African jurist Navanethem Pillay, asserting that «nobody knows anything about her and she hates Israel». In a lengthy social media post, Trump also renewed his criticism of the Norwegian Nobel Committee for not awarding him the prize, claiming credit for having «resolved eight wars».
«This is the woman who received the Nobel Peace Prize over the United States and whose representative, me, has resolved eight wars and many other things. I don't know anything about this woman, and neither does anyone else! In fact, as far as I know, nobody has heard of her beyond the fact that she evidently hates Israel. I don't know what this woman has done. I have resolved eight wars,» Trump wrote.
The US president listed a series of conflicts he claims to have ended, although many of them remain active. He argued that he should have already won eight Nobel Prizes. He also recalled the moment when Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado handed him her own Nobel medal, a gesture he continues to highlight. «I have saved more lives than anyone in history and, as María Corina Machado, a truly admirable person, stated to the media when she gave me her Nobel Prize last year: ‘Donald Trump has ended many wars and deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than anyone who has ever received it.’ Considering my peace record, a record no one else has ever achieved, I agree!» he declared.
In the same message, Trump attributed to his administration the release of all Israeli hostages after collaborating with Hamas, the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and the halting of Iran's military capabilities. He also claimed his diplomacy prevented armed conflicts between the two Koreas, Japan, China, and Taiwan, while boasting that he convinced NATO allies to raise military spending to 5 percent of GDP. «Despite all this, today the Nobel Prize was awarded to a liberal person who works at the United Nations and whom nobody has ever heard of,» Trump said, again attacking the organization by stating that talking to them «has never been of any use» to him. «The Nobel Peace Prize has been discredited forever by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democratic and enemies of civilization!» he concluded.
The award to Pillay, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and judge at the International Criminal Court, has sparked controversy. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has not commented on Trump's remarks. The US president's latest outburst adds to a long history of criticism toward the Nobel Committee, which he has accused of political bias. The reaction from the international community remains muted, with no official responses from the Norwegian committee or Pillay herself. Trump's claims about resolving eight wars have been disputed by analysts, who note that several conflicts he mentioned are ongoing.