Donald Trump says Nobel committee has "radical ideologues who are anti-democracy" over Pillay pick

After President Donald Trump used a Republican rally in Syracuse, New York, to criticize the Nobel Committee’s selection of Navi Pillay for this year’s peace prize, Norway’s foreign minister defended the panel’s independence. Espen Barth Eide said on national radio that the committee decides the award and is separate from Norway’s government, adding that Pillay was a deserving recipient. Trump, who has said he should have won the prize, asserted the U.S. deserved it instead and criticized the committee over its political character while also making dismissive comments about Pillay. Pillay, a South African lawyer and International Court of Justice judge, previously led a UN commission that described Israel’s war in Gaza as genocide; Israeli officials also criticized the award. The dispute centered on the independent committee’s authority over the prize.