ElBaradei comments on what Trump said, criticizing his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize

The former Egyptian Vice President and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, commented on the criticism directed at Norway by US President Donald Trump after he was not chosen as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. ElBaradei said in a post on his page on the X platform (formerly Twitter): “What horrible Norwegians!

He has settled 8 conflicts, and if you add Iran and Venezuela to them, the number becomes 10.” Trump had launched a scathing attack on Norway, on Friday, after being excluded from the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize, considering that the award had “lost its credibility forever” and described the decision as “an indelible stain against Norway.”

In a speech he delivered during a rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump told his supporters that this honor should have been his. He added: “The United States of America - represented by me as your president - should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but it did not.

This is an indelible stain on Norway, and on those people who made this shameful and embarrassing decision.” He continued: “The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of extremist anti-democratic ideologues, who are in fact enemies of civilization. We will not forget what Norway did."

He also implied that he deserved more than just one award, linking his exclusion to his ongoing complaints about foreign countries exploiting the United States. He added: "We should have received eight Nobel Prizes - one for each war - but not awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to the United States of America is just further evidence of how Norway and others exploit our country."

On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it would award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navi Pillay, in appreciation of her efforts to promote peace and international law.