{"id":69420,"date":"2025-08-14T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69420\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:27:17","slug":"trump-told-norwegian-minister-he-wanted-nobel-prize-report-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69420\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump told Norwegian minister he wanted Nobel Prize: report &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>When U.S. President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> called Norway\u2019s finance minister last month to discuss trade tariffs, he also asked about the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/nobel-peace-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>, Norwegian business daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755073388_375_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Several countries including Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia have nominated Trump for brokering peace agreements or ceasefires, and he has said he deserves the Norwegian-bestowed accolade that four White House predecessors received.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called,\u201d Dagens Naeringsliv reported, citing unnamed sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted the Nobel Prize \u2013 and to discuss tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House, Norway\u2019s finance ministry and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755073389_716_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>With hundreds of candidates nominated each year, laureates are chosen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members are appointed by Norway\u2019s parliament according to the will of Swedish 19th century industrialist Alfred Nobel.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes in October in Oslo.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image c-video__image--short\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TRUMP_NOBEL_PRIZE_thumbnail_720x1280.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:20<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNetanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11330742\/canadian-isis-women-costs\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755188837_526_canadian-isis-women-costs_cd4a06.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tWine, candy and room service: How Ottawa spent $170,000 on Canadian ISIS women\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11334305\/air-canada-strike-binding-arbitration-request-minister-cupe\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755188837_952_6ece92cc4f32ebdfd0b1edaff43d400799e3f1d7cff67405c38bb718c7891f6b.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAir Canada asks for binding arbitration as imminent shutdown looms\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian newspaper said it was not the first time Trump had brought up the prize in conversation with Stoltenberg, a former secretary general of the NATO military alliance.<\/p>\n<p>It quoted Stoltenberg as saying the call was to discuss trade tariffs and economic cooperation ahead of Trump\u2019s call with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Stoere.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if Trump made the Nobel prize an issue, Stoltenberg said: \u201cI will not go further into the content of the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several White House officials, including U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were on the call, Stoltenberg said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House on July 31 announced a 15% tariff on imports from Norway, the same as the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Norway and the United States were still in talks regarding the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on World<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size When U.S. President Donald Trump called Norway\u2019s finance minister 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