Trump criticism of Pillay Nobel Prize dismissed as sour grapes

Legal analyst Sabre Ahmed Jazbhay has dismissed Trump’s criticism as “sour grapes”, noting that the United States president has been overlooked for the award on several occasions.

The awarding of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay has continued to spark international debate over human rights and global justice.

The decision has drawn criticism from United States President Donald Trump, who publicly questioned the Nobel Committee’s choice.

WATCH | “So clearly the fact that he never got the Nobel Prize and never will is an indictment against him,” Navanethem ‘Navi’ Pillay says about US President Donald Trump, after she was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/ovTkiUNT0T — SABC News (@SABCNews) October 9, 2026 Sabre Ahmed Jazbhay says, “If you look at the international reaction, it is only the US that is condemning the appointment of Navi Pillay.

Of course, one can argue that this is sour grapes on the part of the president who has been the president of the USA, who has been overlooked twice now by the Nobel Committee.

He thought that he would emulate Barack Obama, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and then, of course, a few months later he goes and bombs Iraq, bombs half of the Middle East using drones.” Video | Pillay’s Nobel Peace Prize: Praise and criticism