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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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[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

i mean they ended up giving it to a right wing us puppet anyway so what does it matter?

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 hours ago

Who is also dedicating it to trump 🙃

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

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

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 hours ago

That or out of spite for something bibi did

[–] Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

Nothing says you’re deserving of a “peace” prize more than people being afraid of not awarding it to you.

[–] Greddan@feddit.org 77 points 1 day ago

Just give it to Greta and watch what happens.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nothing says peace like blowing up Venezuelan fishermen.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

It's not a net positive, no.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Obama did nothing to earn his peace price and yet was still more deserving of it than Trump, even if that Gaza "peace" deal actually materializes.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At the UN last month, Trump falsely claimed that he had halted seven “unendable wars”, telling world leaders: “Everyone says I should get the Nobel peace prize.”

Who the everlasting chuff is 'everyone'? And I don't mean his army of sycophants.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 1 day ago

It's his good friend Everyone. They've been friends since they were kids, and Everyone has always been supportive of him.

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can’t think of a better person than a degenerate fascist racist pig who’s systematically destroying America and cranking up another civil war intentionally within their own borders to get the Nobel Peace Prize.

Chief rapist just screams of peace…while he’s grabbing it by the pussy.

[–] grunk@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

Obama got one while drone striking weddings. Who the fuck cares, the Peace prize has been a joke for decades.

[–] prex@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Perhaps they shouldn't have one this time?
People might be heroically trying but we're a bit short on peace RN.

[–] Cyphierre@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

Why don’t they just sell it to him for $1 ? The whole world except him will realize that makes it invalid.

[–] thehowlingnorth@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly. I think it should been “when” he doesn’t get the prize.

[–] 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 20 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.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

If Nero won the Olympics why can't Trump win the Nobels?

[–] waldo_was_here@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago

Give the Nobel prize for pease to Trump's wife melanie