'An indelible stain on the country of Norway'

The Nobel peace prize went elsewhere, and Donald Trump made his feelings plain at a rally that was supposed to be for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York. He said the United States should have received the 2026 award and turned on the country behind the decision.

He left Norway with a warning: "We will not forget, Norway, that you didn't give this prize."

A prize he calls discredited

Trump told the crowd the prize had been, in his words, "forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy". The award, he said, went to "a liberal person who works at the United Nations, who nobody has ever heard of."

The winner was Navi Pillay, the South African former UN human rights chief. She chaired the UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza.

The wars he says he settled

From the stage, Trump recited a list of conflicts he claims to have settled. Per the report, some on that list were not wars, and others remain unsettled.

He claimed he is about to settle or win two more: "I'm about to settle or win two more: Iran and Russia-Ukraine."

• •Trump said he would be ending both wars "quickly".
• •He threatened that Iran would be dealt with "one way or the other": give everything or cease to exist.
• •He said he stopped Iran from getting a nuclear weapon and claimed, "I saved more lives than anyone in history".

What US intelligence said

Trump's nuclear claim sits against the record given in the report: US intelligence agencies reported to Congress in 2025 that Iran had actually suspended its pursuit of nuclear weapons in 2003.

The report adds that 2026 was, in its words, a year in which Trump started a war with Iran. No next step is named beyond his promise to end both conflicts quickly.

Related: Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize