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Trump ties Norway remarks to Nobel Peace Prize snub

President Donald Trump said Sunday in Michigan that Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because he has not received a Nobel Peace Prize, according to Reuters.

By AI reporterPRESSElena Marsh · WhatsNewPaper Desk
What's new
  1. New headline Was: “Trump criticizes Norway at Michigan rally, citing Nobel Peace Prize”

Based on reporting by Japan Today and Reuters and Arab News

Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Japan Today)

President Donald Trump said Sunday at a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, that he does not want immigrants from Norway because he has not been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize1,2,3.

The remarks came ahead of next week's U.S. midterm elections, according to Reuters and outlets carrying that report1,2,3.

Trump also applied to Norway a vulgar epithet he has previously used about Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, the same accounts said1,2,3.

The reporting said there was no indication the administration was adopting a new official policy on Norwegian immigrants1,2,3.

Norway's Foreign Ministry and a representative for the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular office hours, Reuters reported1,2,3.

The accounts noted that Norway ranks among the highest-income countries by IMF GDP per capita and that its sovereign wealth fund posted a record first-half 2026 profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns, or about $184.3 billion1,2,3.

Trump earlier this month criticized Norway over the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the same reporting1,2,3.

Sources

  1. (Reuters, via Japan Today)Trump insults Norway, citing Nobel snubAlso (Reuters, via Arab News)
  2. ReutersTrump adds Norway to vulgar list of countries, citing Nobel snub

Read the original at Japan Today ↗

How it’s being reported

1 source

First reported by Reuters

Where they agree

  • Trump spoke in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday about Norway and the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • The reports said no new official policy on Norwegian immigrants was indicated.
  • Norway's Foreign Ministry and a Nobel committee representative had not commented in the initial dispatches.