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U.S. President Donald Trump said this Tuesday that he has lost respect for Norway since he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which is based in Oslo, because he does not believe that the Norwegian government does not exert "tremendous control" over the award.
"I lost a lot of respect for Norway, and I firmly believe that Norway controls the Nobel Prize," he asserted during a press conference at the White House to highlight the achievements of the first year of his second term.
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Trump's words come one day after the president informed Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a letter that he did not feel "obligated to think only of peace," considering that the European country "decided" not to award him the Nobel.
In his message to Støre, the Republican warned that from now on he would be guided by "what is good and appropriate for the United States" and linked his threats to annex Greenland to not having received that distinction.
"You have to understand that I ended eight wars," the president repeated to reporters on Tuesday when asked about the letter to the Norwegian leader. "And I didn't do it for a Nobel Prize. I did it because I'm saving many lives. I'm trying to solve the last one. I'm trying to solve the one between Russia and Ukraine," he added.
"I think Norway has tremendous control over who gets the Nobel Prize, despite what they say," he insisted.
After the content of Trump's letter became known, Støre reaffirmed this Monday his government's rejection of Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory under Danish rule, and assured that support for Copenhagen is "total."
"As far as the Nobel Peace Prize is concerned, I have explained to Trump several times clearly what is well known, that it is an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian government that awards the prize," said the Norwegian leader.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2025 distinction to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who dedicated the award to the American, who had openly coveted it.
Later, in a meeting at the White House on January 15, Machado handed the Nobel medal to Trump as a show of gratitude for the U.S. military operation that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier in the month.
From Oslo, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee reminded that the distinction is non-transferable.
[Publicidad]