Johannesburg – United States of America’s 80-year-old President Donald Trump reacted to the awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Justice Navanethem “Navi” Pillay by reposting on social media a post criticizing the South African judge.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday, 9 October 2026, that it has awarded the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize to Justice Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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While South Africans, the United Nations and other organisations congratulated Justice Pillay on the award, Trump expressed his displeasure on X by reposting Schoenlaw’s criticism.
Schoenlaw’s post read:
“Today the Nobel Committee shamed itself beyond repair and demeaned the once great Nobel Peace Prize by giving it to the UN’s Navi Pillay. Pillay is an unabashed hater of America and Israel. In her position she celebrated terrorists and rewarded Hamas. She conducted a phony ‘investigation’ claiming to find that Israel committed genocide and urging prosecution. She has no credibility in any normal sphere and has never done a thing to foster peace. Just the opposite. But what could be expected from a committee that previously gave the once coveted peace prize to Yasser Arafat? President Trump gave us the Abraham Accords, which the world said would be impossible and is now expanding them! He brought home the hostages when all seemed hopeless! He is making best efforts to end the Russia/Ukraine war, to stop Iran, the number one sponsor of international terrorism, and he is trying to rebuild Gaza despite the terrorists’ best efforts to control it. The list goes on and on. These are the kinds of things the Nobel Peace Prize was intended to recognize and reward!!! realDonaldTrump”
Learn more about the 2026 #NobelPeacePrize: https://bit.ly/4xjOJ03
