Trump again outraged at not winning Nobel Peace Prize

US President Donald Trump speaks during an election rally at the Oncenter in Syracuse, New York October 9, 2026. Trump is in New York campaigning for local Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections. — Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP pic

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Summary

• US President Donald Trump claimed to have "never heard of" the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
• Trump stated the prize should have been awarded to the United States, represented by him.
• He criticised the Nobel committee as radical ideologues discrediting democracy and civilisation.

First Published: Saturday, 10 Oct 2026 10:16 AM MYT

NEW YORK, Oct 10 — US President Donald Trump said yesterday he had “never heard of” the Nobel Peace Prize winner and it should have gone to “the United States of America, represented by me as your president.”

“The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilization,” Trump told a rally of his supporters in Syracuse, New York. — AFP