Trump has meltdown after losing Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist

‘They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to a person I've never heard of. It's a mystery person’

Following her Nobel win last year, the Venezuelan political activist and opposition to Nicolás Maduro described the moment as a “historic day for Venezuelans”.

That was the first time she had met Trump in person and came just two weeks after the US had captured and taken Maduro, charging him with drug offences in America.

And that led to the committee issuing a frosty statement that “a Nobel Prize can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others. Once the announcement has been made, the decision stands for all time.”

The cheeky joke aimed at Trump by this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner

For this year, the award went to 85-year-old Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African former international judge.

Pillay was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law, serving as a judge for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and an advocate for women's rights.

Navi Pillay during the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2013, at the time when she was UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Credit: Getty Images

Upon being awarded the prize, Nally said “it must be a joke” in her acceptance speech, adding that “your applause means everything to me”.

“But, being a lawyer and judge, I still want to verify this thing,” she added.

She then quipped: “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.”

Trump's furious statements as he missed out on the prize once more

Trump called this year’s decision “disgraceful and embarrassing“, has he once again made complaints that he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Just hours after the announcement was made, Trump told a rally that the prize went to a “mystery person”.

“They gave the Nobel Peace Prize to a person I've never heard of. Nobody ever heard of the person. It's a mystery person”, Trump said.

“The Nobel Peace Prize has been forever discredited by a handful of radical ideologues who are anti-democracy and really enemies of civilisation”, he continued.

“I settled eight wars with letters being sent from every president and prime minister from all those countries that I helped”, he went on.

This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway” he said, adding “we will not forget”.

Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, had to explain to Trump last year that it was not the Norwegian government but an independent committee based in Norway which decides who will receive the prize.

The White House last year accused that committee of placing “politics over peace”, as Trump openly expressed his displeasure at missing out on the prize.