Trump, the Nobel Peace Prize, & "impact on a trade deal and Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund"

[Miles Archer]

Norway is facing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award him the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has signaled that this pressure has been futile, with its head Jorgen Watne Frydnes indicating the decision on this year's award was made Monday.

There are concerns about the diplomatic and economic fallout for Norway should the committee snub Trump, including potential impact on a trade deal and Norway's $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund.

Watne Frydnes told Norwegian tabloid VG that the decision on this year’s award was made Monday. He also indicated in comments to public broadcaster NRK that the possible peace deal in the Middle East would only count toward next year’s award. Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has reiterated that the government does not interfere in Nobel decisions.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-09/norway-on-edge-over-trump-ahead-of-nobel-peace-prize-verdict

[Celerity]

1. My predicted winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize: Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) (Arabic: غرف الطوارئ) in Sudan

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220706693

[underpants]

4. 👀

Marking to check tomorrow. 👍

[irisblue]

15. That would be a worthy choice

[1WorldHope]

2. What a pathetic loser, he has to threaten people to get the Peace prize.

[OLDMDDEM]

3. Plus, it won't work.

[blue neen]

7. Right?

What a pathetic needy man. Nothing makes him happy. Trump is an endless deep well of unhappiness and insecurity. If he weren’t so dangerous it would be pitiful.

[underpants]

5. I figured the decision had already been made.

I’ll be shocked if it’s Trump.

[Pendrench]

6. Just my opinion, but if you have to ask/demand that you receive ANY sort of prize, it indicates that you are

only concerned about the award, and not what the award represents.

In other words, he sees the Nobel Peace Prize as just another gaudy trinket that he can use to try and satiate his already bloated ego.

What a sad, shallow a person.

Tim

[Miles Archer]

10. When that veteran gave him his Purple Heart..."I always wanted one."

It's one of the more extreme examples...a Richie Rich draft dodger who called "having unprotected sex" his "own personal Vietnam," getting handed an award he didn't earn, reserved for Military members showing the highest level of valor.

Trump: 'I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier' 08/02/2016

Howard Stern: Now, getting back to dating, right? And when you gotta say to a woman, "Hey, listen, you gotta go to my personal doctor, and I'm gonna have you checked out," is that a tough thing to say to a woman, or you just got the b***s to say it?

Donald Trump: You know? I tell you, it's amazing. I can't even believe it. I've been so lucky, in terms of that whole world.

Howard Stern: You've never gotten a social disease.

Donald Trump: It is a dangerous world out there. It is scary. It's like Vietnam, sort of like, you know, the Vietnam era.

Howard Stern: It is. It is your personal Vietnam.

Donald Trump: It is my personal Vietnam.

Howard Stern: You've said that many times.

Donald Trump: I feel like a great and very brave soldier.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-stds-vietnam/

[Ocelot II]

12. I don't think the Peace Prize committee likes him.

There’s been strong lobbying for candidates before, but Trump’s brash and bombastic style, say experts, has jarred with a deep-rooted culture in Nordic societies that discourages self-promotion, and could make it harder for the committee to look past his persona.

“Culturally, Trump is very much an antithesis for Norway,” said Hilde Eliassen Restad, Associate Professor of International Studies at Oslo Nye University College. “He’s not subtle, not elegant, so that’s very much different this time.”

“But that’s how he achieves his goals,” she added, “so you could see why he would think he could get away with it.”

https://archive.is/XnqN9#selection-1731.0-1739.115

[Ocelot II]

8. The Norwegian government has nothing to do with the award.

Its parliament appoints the members of the committee, some of whom are former MPs, but otherwise there's no connection. Not that this stopped Trump from calling up Norway's Finance Minister, Jens Stoltenberg (the former head of NATO and former Prime Minister) to pressure him about it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. I'm guessing the Norwegians will be just fine

With $2 trillion, I’m sure they have more leverage than Trump - what if the Norwegians decided to sell off their holdings of US treasury bonds?

How much does Norway import/export with the US compared to other nations?

Oh no! There’s a 200% tariff on imported lutefisk! Whatever shall I do?

[Ocelot II]

11. Apparently they are getting a lot of pressure.

https://archive.is/Gy7Sm

Norway is bracing for the aftermath of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on Friday as the Nordic nation has faced increasing pressure from Donald Trump and his administration to award it to the US leader.
Trump’s aggressive push to secure the prize, including public declarations he deserves it and calls to Norwegian officials, has intensified with a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and a possible peace deal. At the same time, the decisionmakers at the Norwegian Nobel Committee have signaled that this pressure has been futile.
...
His campaign has thrust Oslo into an uncomfortable spotlight, with media and observers worrying about the diplomatic and economic fallout for Norway should the independent five-member committee snub him. The latest comments from its head, Jorgen Watne Frydnes, to local media fell just short of confirming that Trump won’t get it at least this year — in line with past examples where pressure on the committee has been counterproductive.

Watne Frydnes told Norwegian tabloid VG that the decision on this year’s award was made Monday. He also indicated in comments to public broadcaster NRK that the possible peace deal in the Middle East would only count toward next year’s award. Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has reiterated that the government does not interfere in Nobel decisions.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if he tries to punish Norway with "crushing" tariffs on salmon and expensive wool sweaters.

[EYESORE 9001]

14. Salmon and nice wool sweaters from Norway

aren’t on my shopping list, and I expect a more affluent demographic will be affected than myself.

[Raftergirl]

13. Sorry, when you are invading your own cities with troops, NO PEACE PRIZE FOR YOU!

[tanyev]

16. "If you don't give me the Peace Prize, I'm going to come after your country!"

Not an actual quote. As far as I know.

😒

[thought crime]

17. He's begging like a dog.

[LeftinOH]

18. They could just give him a "special edition" medal.. a shiny gold-colored one with

some fancy looking Norwegian words on it. That might be enough to shut him up.

[dalton99a]

19. Yeah, let's give it to the tyrant who is destroying his own country and attacking his own citizens