Donald Trump
Role at the time: President of the United States, speaking at a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York
Statement summary
At a campaign rally in Syracuse, New York, on the evening of October 9, 2026, Trump said the prize had gone to a liberal person who works at the United Nations whom nobody had heard of, said the United States, represented by him, should have received it, and called the decision disgraceful and embarrassing. He said the prize had been discredited by radical ideologues.
“the Nobel Prize was given out today to a liberal person who works at the United Nations who nobody has ever heard of. ... 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 that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision. The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilization.”
Livestream of President Trump's October 9, 2026 rally for Bruce Blakeman in Syracuse, New York.
Why we used this label
He calls the committee's decision disgraceful and embarrassing and says the prize has been discredited by radical ideologues, an explicit attack on the award to Pillay.