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

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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 will 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.

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[–] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That cry baby fat fuck doesn't deserve any prize and awarding it to him will destroy the award forever.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

One could argue that the damage was done with Kissinger. And giving it to Obama for getting elected and not being Bush didn’t increase its gravitas either. Trump getting it would be a farce, but not unprecedented.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

It's disappointing how much the "Obama got it for not being Bush" narrative has gained so much traction on both sides of the fence.

He won it for, quote, "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and a "new climate" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize

There's also a common theme of exaggerating how little time he'd been in office based on the dates of the nominations; the actual decision was made in October, at which point he'd been in office 9 months.