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Trump Claims He Deserved Eight Nobel Peace Prizes for Settling Global Conflicts
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News18•10-10-2026, 08:45
Trump Claims He Deserved Eight Nobel Peace Prizes for Settling Global Conflicts
- •US President Donald Trump criticized Norway for failing to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, arguing he deserved it eight times over for the wars he settled.
- •Speaking at a rally in Syracuse, Trump claimed he saved 50 million lives by preventing a nuclear war between India and Pakistan.
- •He labeled the decision to award the prize to former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay as disgraceful, calling the Nobel committee anti-democracy.
- •Trump also asserted that he stopped Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons and stated he was working to end the conflicts in Iran and Russia-Ukraine.
- •He expressed lingering frustration over Barack Obama winning the peace prize in 2009 during his first year in office for doing nothing.
Key Questions Answered
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief, whom Donald Trump noted was someone nobody had ever heard of.
Donald Trump criticized former US president Barack Obama, arguing that Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for doing nothing and still did not know why he got it.
Donald Trump claimed he settled eight wars and stated he should have received eight Nobel Peace Prizes for each war he resolved.
