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'Disgraceful': Trump says he should have won Nobel Peace Prize

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President Donald Trump on Friday said he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize and criticized Norway for a "disgraceful and embarrassing" decision.

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  1. Trump’s closing pitch for Nobel Peace Prize: ‘I did things that nobody else has ever done’

    Headline from Washington Examiner ·

  2. Meet the Nobel Peace Prize Contenders Who Could Beat Trump This Year

    Headline from Time ·

  3. Nobel Prize Winner Roasts Trump — See Also

    Headline from Above The Law ·

  4. Newest

    'Disgraceful': Trump says he should have won Nobel Peace Prize

    Headline from UPI ·

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  1. Independent Journal Review

    Trump Claims Eight Wars Settled in Nobel Bid (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    President Donald Trump renewed his push for the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming he had settled eight wars and suggesting another breakthrough could come, despite limited progress toward a ceasefire with Iran.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Trump’s closing pitch for Nobel Peace Prize: ‘I did things that nobody else has ever done’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump made his closing argument for why he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize amid the Iran war ahead of the award’s expected announcement on Friday. “I settled eight wars, another one is coming,” Trump told the Washington Examiner at the White House on Wednesday.

  3. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Trump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize but has doubts he will get it (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who waged war with Iran and has yet to broker peace in Ukraine, said on Wednesday that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize but acknowledged doubt about his chances.

  4. Time

    Meet the Nobel Peace Prize Contenders Who Could Beat Trump This Year (opens Time)

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    Trump has long campaigned for himself to win a Nobel Peace Prize, insisting he is deserving of the prestigious honor. Here's a look at the people and organizations that could beat him.

  5. Newsweek

    Trump Has Never Won a Nobel. Here Are His Other Peace Related Honors (opens Newsweek)

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    Trump has made no secret of his desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. But as the prize approaches, he remains a Nobel outsider.

  6. Washington Examiner

    Why Trump’s record — including war with Iran — is deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Barack Obama was handed the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for promising to change the world. Obama had been president for less than eight months. He had ended no major wars, negotiated no historic peace settlements, and delivered little beyond soaring rhetoric about international cooperation.

  7. The New Republic

    Nobel Peace Prize Winner Mocks Trump Immediately After Accepting Award (opens The New Republic)

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    Navi Pillay, the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, took an immediate shot at President Trump after she learned she had won the award Friday. The former South African judge and United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner gave an impromptu speech at Nuremberg Court in Germany, where she was atte…

  8. Above The Law

    Nobel Prize Winner Roasts Trump — See Also (opens Above The Law)

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    After The Cornell 7, It's Time To Hold Bystanders And Enablers Accountable: Accountability can't begin and end with the perpetrator(s). No Nobel Peace Prize For Trump : Instead, it went to a human rights lawyer, who made sure to crack a joke about Trump when she heard the news.

  9. Just the News

    Trump rips Norwegian Nobel Committee for not choosing him for peace prize (opens Just the News)

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    The prize went to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge

  10. New York Post

    Trump goes off on Norway for awarding Nobel Peace Prize to ‘mystery woman’ — claims he deserves ‘eight’ medals (opens New York Post)

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    The president said not being awarded the prize is “just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”

  11. The Guardian

    Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway (opens The Guardian)

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    President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’ Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran.

  12. Bloomberg

    Trump Warns Norway He Won’t Forget Nobel Peace Prize Snub (opens Bloomberg)

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    President Donald Trump fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the fact it didn’t go to him “is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”

  13. NBC News

    Trump says Nobel committee not awarding him the peace prize leaves ‘indelible stain’ on Norway (opens NBC News)

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    President Donald Trump lamented the Norwegian Nobel Committee choosing not to award him with its annual peace prize on Friday, telling rallygoers the decision leaves “an indelible stain on the country of Norway.”

  14. Washington Examiner

    Trump calls Nobel committee’s decision an ‘indelible stain’ on Norway: ‘A disgraceful and embarrassing decision’ (opens Washington Examiner)

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    President Donald Trump decried the Nobel committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, saying the decision disgraced Norway as a whole. Speaking at a rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump went on a lengthy tangent over the decision to give his coveted prize to someone else.

  15. Newsweek

    Trump Slams Nobel Peace Prize Winner as ‘Mystery Person’ in New York Rally (opens Newsweek)

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    During the event in Syracuse, Trump also criticized New York leaders over Thursday’s ICE-involved shooting.

  16. BBC News

    'Stain on the country': Trump criticises Norway over Nobel Peace Prize (opens BBC News)

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    The US president told a rally he had "never heard of" the winner, former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay.

  17. Axios

    Trump rages over Nobel Peace Prize loss (opens Axios)

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    President Trump lashed out late Friday night after he once again did not win the Nobel Peace Prize he has openly coveted . Why it matters: The award is Trump's white whale, an honor he talks about frequently and believes he deserves.

  18. BizPac Review

    Trump blasts Nobel Prize winner from rogue ICC: ‘No one ever heard of her’ (opens BizPac Review)

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    A Scandinavian nation was put on notice Friday by President Donald Trump after another prize snub in favor of a genocide-claiming jurist who “very obviously, hates Israel.” […]

  19. Fortune

    Despite starting the Iran war, Trump still thinks he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and complains the winner is someone ‘who nobody has ever heard of’ (opens Fortune)

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    "The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilization. And we will not forget, Norway."

  20. MS Now

    ‘Wow!’: Trump snaps after losing out on Nobel Peace Prize again (opens MS Now)

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    Winning a Nobel Peace Prize has been a longstanding object of fixation for the president.

  21. Breitbart News

    Donald Trump Laments Not Receiving Nobel Peace Prize: 'Settled 8 Wars' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Donald Trump lamented in a social media post that he and the United States were not awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

  22. Fox News

    President Trump blasts Nobel Peace Prize snub with blistering list of accomplishments: 'WOW!' (opens Fox News)

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    Trump sounded off on Truth Social after the Norwegian Nobel Committee passed him over for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize in favor of Navi Pillay.

  23. UPI

    'Disgraceful': Trump says he should have won Nobel Peace Prize (opens UPI)

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    President Donald Trump on Friday said he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize and criticized Norway for a "disgraceful and embarrassing" decision.

  24. Watch Dog Report

    Trump Goes Off on Norway Over Nobel SNUB (opens Watch Dog Report)

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    The Nobel Peace Prize is less a scoreboard of who “stopped the most wars” than a deliberate signal about what counts as peace; that is why a president’s claim of settling eight conflicts could be set aside in favor of a jurist honored for fortifying the rule of law.

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