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Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.

Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.

Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”

“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian.

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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I can guarantee, the only reason this ceasefire happened is because Trump was deluded in thinking it would be that one magic trick to get a Nobel Peace Prize and therefore was the only thing that got him to finally strongarm Israel. If the genocide continues as soon as the Nobel winner is announced, I'd be certain.

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh I don't want you to be correct, but this fits. This is exactly something Trump would do.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

That or out of spite for something bibi did

[–] Mr_WorldlyWiseman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

Also Trump encouraged Israel to break the January ceasefire in the first place.