Norway Faces Up to Trump’s Demands for Peace Prize

Norway Faces Up to Trump’s Demands for Peace Prize

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Nobel Institute leader Kristian Berg Harpviken explained to The Atlantic why Trump’s threats, cajoling and fury over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize won’t be successful. Said Harpviken: “A candidate who is aggressively campaigning for him or herself will neither be penalized nor privileged.”

Defiant Nobel Peace Prize Institute Reacts to Trump’s Incessant Whining

The Norwegian Nobel Institute has responded to President Donald Trump’s extended tantrum about not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize. Director Kristian Berg Harpviken told The Atlantic in a Sunday interview that the institute hoped to increase transparency around the selection process in an attempt to defend against accusations of bias leveled at it by Trump and his supporters. “The strategy for clearing the air is simply to talk about it,” Harpvike…

Where Trump Went Wrong in His Quest for the Nobel Peace Prize

Jonas Gahr Støre, the mild-mannered prime minister of Norway and the scion of a wealthy industrial family, was returning home from a ski outing one Sunday last month when he decided to dash off a text message to Donald Trump. Composing it from the car, he proposed that the leaders talk to find an…