Donald Trump attacks Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay US President Donald Trump attacked Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, whom he said he'd never heard of, at a rally and on social media. Trump has long wanted to win a Nobel Peace Prize and has been critical of the committee. Donald Trump lashed out at Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, whom he said he'd never heard of, at a rally and on social media. Trump has long wanted to win a Nobel Peace Prize and has been critical of the committee. The US President, who has been credited with stopping eight wars, claimed the award was a 'disgraceful and embarrassing decision.Trump Attacks Pillay Over UN Work' Trump took issue with Pillay's work at the UN and her chairmanship of a commission that found Israel committed genocide in Gaza. The commission's findings have been rejected by Israeli leaders, who slammed the award to Pillay saying it legitimized 'anti-Israel hatred.' Trump also accused the Nobel committee of being a 'handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and enemies of civilization. ' Trump's attack on Pillay came at a rally in Syracuse, New York, where he also claimed the US should have received the Nobel Peace Prize but didn't.The President took to Truth Social to further attack Pillay, calling her a 'liberal person who works at the United Nations' and saying he 'never heard of this particular person, but congratulations anyway.Pillay Responds to Nobel Controversy' Pillay, a former high commissioner for human rights and South African jurist, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law. In response to Trump's criticism, Pillay joked that she might 'share the prize' with the President if people kept applauding her.Meanwhile, Israel slammed the Nobel Prize to Pillay, saying it legitimized 'anti-Israel hatred.Israel Slams Pillay Prize Decision' The Israeli foreign ministry posted on X, saying that Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels must 'be applauding from hell. ' The US President's reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize was seen as a blow to Trump, who had heaped pressure on the Norwegian committee to give him the award last year. Trump has often praised himself for stopping eight different wars as President and has claimed he'll have stopped two more soon in Iran and Ukraine.