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Trump tells Norway PM he no longer has obligation to ‘think purely of peace’ after Nobel snub
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US President Donald Trump (right) greets Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (Suzanne Plunkett/Pool via AP)
US President Donald Trump tells Norway’s prime minister he no longer needed to think “purely of peace” after failing to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in a message published today.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” Trump says in a message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
The authenticity of the message is confirmed to AFP by a source close to the matter, and by Store to Norwegian newspaper VG.
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