Trump ‘cold-called Norwegian government to ask about Nobel Peace Prize’
Cameron Henderson
Fri, August 15, 2025
Donald Trump reportedly called Jens Stoltenberg (left), the former Nato secretary general, last month to discuss tariffs - Ron Sachs/© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP
Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister to ask him about a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to reports.
The US president called Jens Stoltenberg, the former Nato secretary general, last month to discuss tariffs, and also brought up the subject of the Nobel Prize, Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv reported.
The president has long-coveted the award and has in recent months received endorsements from several world leaders.
“Out of the blue, while finance minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called,” sources told the news outlet.
“He wanted the Nobel Prize – and to discuss tariffs.”
It was claimed that it was not the first time Mr Trump had called to enquire about the prize.
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The Nobel Peace Prize winner is decided by the Norwegian Nobel committee, a five-member body appointed by the Norwegian parliament
Each year, the committee sifts through hundreds of nominations before announcing the winner in October.
Four previous presidents have won the award, in Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and, perhaps most gallingly for Mr Trump, Barack Obama.
The president has repeatedly criticised his predecessor for being decorated only eight months into his first term, and claimed during the 2024 election campaign that he would have won the award “in 10 seconds” if he had been Mr Obama.
In June, he wrote on Truth Social: “No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
‘President of peace’
In honouring Mr Obama, the Norwegian Nobel committee cited his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”, which seemed to be more about Mr Obama’s promise as an international leader than his actual accomplishments.
Mr Trump is the self-styled “president of peace”.
“As president, he has brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia, Serbia and Kosovo, and with the Abraham Accords,” the White House said.
On Friday, he will look to add Russia and Ukraine to that list.
Praising the president for his efforts, a number of world leaders have nominated him for the award including Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, and the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Stoltenberg did not deny claims the president had brought up the prize, but said the conversation focused on discussion of tariffs and economic cooperation ahead of Mr Trump’s call with Jonas Stoere, the Norwegian prime minister.
“I will not go into further detail about the content of the conversation,” he said.
Several of Mr Trump’s cabinet officials including Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, his trade representative, were also on the call, according to Mr Stoltenberg.
The award, named after 19th-century Swedish Industrialist Alfred Nobel, was originally intended to be bestowed upon the person who has done “the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.
Cameron Henderson
Fri, August 15, 2025
Donald Trump reportedly called Jens Stoltenberg (left), the former Nato secretary general, last month to discuss tariffs - Ron Sachs/© 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP
Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister to ask him about a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to reports.
The US president called Jens Stoltenberg, the former Nato secretary general, last month to discuss tariffs, and also brought up the subject of the Nobel Prize, Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv reported.
The president has long-coveted the award and has in recent months received endorsements from several world leaders.
“Out of the blue, while finance minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called,” sources told the news outlet.
“He wanted the Nobel Prize – and to discuss tariffs.”
It was claimed that it was not the first time Mr Trump had called to enquire about the prize.
Trump looking to broker peace in Ukraine
Mr Trump will be looking to broker another peace deal in the near future, as he sits down with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, in Alaska for talks that could lead to the end of the Ukraine war.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner is decided by the Norwegian Nobel committee, a five-member body appointed by the Norwegian parliament
Each year, the committee sifts through hundreds of nominations before announcing the winner in October.
Four previous presidents have won the award, in Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and, perhaps most gallingly for Mr Trump, Barack Obama.
The president has repeatedly criticised his predecessor for being decorated only eight months into his first term, and claimed during the 2024 election campaign that he would have won the award “in 10 seconds” if he had been Mr Obama.
In June, he wrote on Truth Social: “No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!”
‘President of peace’
In honouring Mr Obama, the Norwegian Nobel committee cited his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”, which seemed to be more about Mr Obama’s promise as an international leader than his actual accomplishments.
Mr Trump is the self-styled “president of peace”.
“As president, he has brokered peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Cambodia and Thailand, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Egypt and Ethiopia, Serbia and Kosovo, and with the Abraham Accords,” the White House said.
On Friday, he will look to add Russia and Ukraine to that list.
Praising the president for his efforts, a number of world leaders have nominated him for the award including Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, and the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr Stoltenberg did not deny claims the president had brought up the prize, but said the conversation focused on discussion of tariffs and economic cooperation ahead of Mr Trump’s call with Jonas Stoere, the Norwegian prime minister.
“I will not go into further detail about the content of the conversation,” he said.
Several of Mr Trump’s cabinet officials including Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, his trade representative, were also on the call, according to Mr Stoltenberg.
The award, named after 19th-century Swedish Industrialist Alfred Nobel, was originally intended to be bestowed upon the person who has done “the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”.
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