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Trump may impose additional tariffs on
Norway if he does not receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
The British newspaper "Daily Telegraph" reported that US President Donald Trump may move to impose additional customs duties on Norway if he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the relevant committee in Oslo.
The newspaper said that Oslo must prepare for possible American measures, noting that Trump, who has made no secret of his desire to receive the award, "often resorts to punishing those who displease him or disappoint him."
The report added that
the White House may call on Washington's allies to reduce Norwegian gas and oil purchases or restrict official contacts with the Norwegian government, in a move that reflects the pressure method that Trump prefers in his international dealings.
The newspaper pointed out that
people close to Trump had previously threatened to impose restrictions on granting visas to Norwegians, after the Norwegian State Pension Fund announced
its intention to
sell its stake in the American company Caterpillar due to the use of its equipment to demolish Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli authorities.
Based on interviews conducted
by the Daily Telegraph with former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Trump's chances of winning the award are very limited, in light of the presence of
prominent competitors
- including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
- for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, the World Health Organization
- and the International Criminal Court, and the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change.
Nobel Week opened in Stockholm on October 6
and the Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced today in Oslo.
The Spanish newspaper "El Pais"
had previously revealed that Trump was included on the list of candidates for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, noting that this year witnessed the submission of 338 nominations for the award, including 244 individuals and 94 organizations.
Although the list is not officially published
- confirmed sources indicated that the US President is among
- the candidates, based on confirmations from
The director of
the institute did not completely rule out Trump winning the award
although she expected it to be twice as likely, pointing to his excessive
"commercial"
- approach to starting peace negotiations, in addition to
- the United States' withdrawal from global agreements
- its trade war, and his repeated statements about
the necessity of annexing Greenland to American territory.
It is noteworthy that Trump had stated last February that he actually deserved to receive this prestigious award, but at the same time he stressed that he seeks "to save lives, not to receive the award".
Trump on the Nobel Prize: No one could
end 8 wars in 9 months and I did not do it for the prize
US President Donald Trump expressed his opinion on Thursday that he is the only person in world history to have managed to end eight wars, commenting on his chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
"No one in history has been able to stop eight wars in nine months, and I have stopped eight wars," Trump told reporters at the White House when asked how he assessed his chances of winning the award.
He added:
This has never happened before.
I do not know what the award committee will do, but what I know very well is that I stopped eight wars. Let them do whatever they want. I did not do it for the award, but I did it because I saved many lives with it."
The Washington Post reported
citing informed sources, that US President Donald Trump's habit of repeatedly referring to the Nobel Peace Prize may negatively affect his chances of winning it.
Trump said
last February that he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.
The South Korean newspaper "Chugan Chosun" reported that the Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee in the South Korean Parliament, Pak Sung-won, officially submitted his nomination for the award.
East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Orta also announced that he is ready to nominate Trump for the award if he is able to achieve a peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian crisis and the conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Belarusian President
Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the same position, indicating that he would support Trump's nomination if he succeeded in establishing peace, but he pointed out that the Nobel Prize "no longer means much", as he put it.
In the same context
- during his meeting with Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
- Netanyahu delivered the text of a letter that included a proposal to
- nominate him for the award, while Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier
Nduhongirihe
expressed his belief that Trump really deserves it.
US Representative
Earl Carter also submitted
a formal request to the Nobel Committee to nominate Trump for the Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to calm the situation between Iran and Israel
while the Pakistani government also proposed nominating him for the award in recognition of his role in mediating the conflict with India.