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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 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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[–] DeuceMcInaugh@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t think 24 hours is enough. I also don’t think the truce will hold longer than Netanyahu’s next court summons. That said, if Trump’s obsession with topping Obama accidentally ends the genocide in Gaza, that’s still a good outcome for the remaining Gazans. Its not like the prize hasn’t gone to monsters before.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 2 points 16 hours ago

IF things in Gaza improve, Trump still doesn't deserve a peace prize for blowing up Venezuelan fishermen, and for all the invasions of American cities he prattles on about.