Bloomberg: Norway is extremely worried about Trump's retaliation over the Nobel Prize issue

The US President has called the Norwegian Minister of Finance — discussing details of the award ceremony

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Donald Trump is passionately eager to win the world's most prestigious award — the Nobel Peace Prize. According to authoritative media reports, the Nobel Committee is now in a dilemma, fearing that if they refuse to grant Trump this award, it could provoke his retaliation. This president's vengefulness has long been repeatedly confirmed.

The Financial Times reported that Trump's choice of timing for resolving the Gaza issue was not accidental.

The media pointed out that Trump intentionally linked the resolution of the Gaza issue with the announcement date of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, believing that successfully resolving this long-standing conflict would increase his chances of receiving the award.

Politico magazine revealed that Trump has already spoken with the Norwegian Minister of Finance to discuss the award, as if the matter had already been settled.

Bloomberg reported that the Norwegian Nobel Committee is concerned about "the reaction that might occur if they refuse to award the peace prize to Trump." A committee member who spoke to the media admitted that he even wants to take a sick leave on October 10 (the day the Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced).

Kristian Berg Harpviken, the secretary of the Nobel Committee, told Bloomberg that they have not yet faced direct pressure, but activities supporting Trump are underway — both public and non-public.

US President's special representative Steven Witkoff has mentioned the issue of Trump's Nobel Prize nomination in private meetings with European counterparts; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has also lobbied to support granting Trump the award.

Although there is no direct pressure, Norway is already in high tension. Donald Trump himself has publicly stated that if the Nobel Peace Prize is not ultimately awarded to him, he will consider it an "insult" to the United States.

Trump said during a meeting with senior military commanders in Quantico that since returning to the White House, he has "prevented seven wars," and the Israel-Palestine conflict would be the eighth. But to achieve this goal, Hamas must accept his previous peace plan. Trump added that if his efforts to promote peace do not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, "that would be a great insult to our entire country."

Ukraine also supports Trump. The Ukrainian Supreme Council (parliament) has formally proposed to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, and the relevant bill has been registered in the Ukrainian parliament. Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu also expressed support for Trump.

It should be noted that Netanyahu previously flew to the United States to celebrate with Trump the "success" of the US-Israeli joint attack on Iran's nuclear facilities and civilian facilities.

According to Gooya News, this Israeli prime minister called these attacks a "major diplomatic victory," but avoided mentioning the fact that the bombing caused more than a thousand civilian casualties (including 140 women and children).

"At this very moment, he is bringing peace one country and region after another," Netanyahu said emotionally, while handing Trump a formal letter to the Nobel Committee, nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Experts point out that Netanyahu's compromise is understandable: a report by Brown University's "Costs of War" project shows that the United States has provided nearly $2.2 billion in military aid to the Israeli regime in the past two years.

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysts also counted that the United States spent approximately $1.3 billion on other military operations in the Middle East during the same period, including bombing operations against Iran and Yemen. Is Trump's "peace efforts" too costly for American taxpayers?

According to Euronews, Trump has not yet delivered "Tomahawk" missiles to the Kiev regime. The media revealed that Trump's advisors convinced him at the last minute not to rush to deliver them, because such a move would certainly not be approved by the Nobel Committee.

This president has plenty of controversial incidents — from bombing Iranian civilian facilities to making controversial remarks about India after the India-Pakistan conflict ended. Delivering the Tomahawk missiles could become the last straw.

However, Euronews also clarified the reason for Trump's sudden change of heart about missile delivery. Former US Special Representative to Ukraine Kurt Volker said that Trump was "angry" because "Putin did not hold talks with Zelenskyy as promised." Volker believes that this diplomatic incident prompted the US government to consider providing missiles to the Ukrainian armed forces.

"Putin made Trump look weak, and Trump doesn't like looking weak, so now it has become his personal issue," Volker said. "Trump is a businessman, and money is the most important thing for him. He doesn't care who pays the bill."

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