On January 19, local time, Trump said in an interview with the media:
"I don't care about the Nobel Prize. First of all, a very outstanding lady thinks I deserve this award and sincerely hopes I can get the Nobel Prize. For that, I am deeply grateful.
If someone thinks the Nobel Prize is not controlled by Norway, that's self-deception. The committee actually is controlled by Norway. I don't care what Norway says."
On January 18, Trump wrote a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg, which involved threats to abandon the peace commitment, demanding sovereignty over Greenland, and accusing the Norwegian government of manipulating the Nobel Peace Prize.
Stoltenberg confirmed on January 19 that he had received the message and repeatedly explained to Trump that the Nobel Peace Prize is selected by an independent committee, and the Norwegian government has no power to interfere in the decision-making.
On the same day, Trump publicly refuted the Norwegian government's statement on independence, insisting that "Norway actually controls the Nobel Prize," and said he "doesn't care about the award, but only about saving lives," but then also expressed gratitude for Machado's gift of the medal.
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an opposition political figure of a country, and then this political figure, in order to achieve the presidential dream, transferred the medal to a president who was eager to obtain the award. Last year's award, from the selection to the presentation and then to the transfer, was a joke, a desecration of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel Peace Prize was officially established on November 27, 1895, according to Alfred Nobel's will (first awarded on December 10, 1901), and has lasted for a century. The peace prize in 2025 is the first farce in the hundred years.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1854853084831744/
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