Nobel Peace Prize. Source: Wikimedia Commons, Awalin, CC BY-SA 4.0
On October 10, it will be announced which person or organisation will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
If Trump is not awarded this year’s Peace Prize, he will definitely come up with harsh criticism of the Nobel Committee and of Norway and of Prime Minister Støre, the author believes.
The enormous interest comes mainly from the fact that the American president, Donald John Trump, has launched himself as the most relevant candidate countless times. He is a bit unsure of how many wars he has ended. Sometimes it is six, other times it is seven.
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times. It is not known whether anyone has nominated themselves. Several have nominated Trump for the prize before the deadline on February 1. He has also had several others send their recommendations to the committee. Among them is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Now he has negotiated a peace plan for Gaza between the United States and Israel. A peace plan that seems unclear and unworkable to most people. The Palestinians were not invited to participate. He has forced a peace plan that is not a plan for peace, but a plan to further highlight Trump as an apostle of peace. Who should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
And Norway can expect to be severely punished for not giving him the prize.
The world’s most powerful man’s great interest in and desire to receive the Nobel Peace Prize has caused the Nobel Committee more problems than usual. They must also be handled. Now it is not only conflicting who gets the prize, now it must also be taken into account and planned how the Nobel Committee and even the Norwegian government will handle the situation that results from Trump not receiving the prize. Because hopefully he will not.
Because if Trump gets the prize as the situation is now, even after the new peace plan for Gaza, the Nobel Prize will completely lose its value, its reputation and its prestige. It will become a prize that can be won with the use of force and threats of possible revenge against those involved.
Because if Trump is not awarded this year’s Peace Prize, then by all indications he will come with harsh criticism of the Nobel Committee and of Norway and of Prime Minister Støre, who will probably fall from having been a highly respected leader to becoming one Trump dislikes very much.
But it is not only Norway and the Norwegian government that will be affected by this man’s uncontrolled behavior and reactions, undiplomatic choice of words and manner. The poor person who gets the Peace Prize or the organisation that is awarded the recognition will immediately be attacked by Trump. And be compared to what Trump himself believes he has done for world peace. An effort that is unparalleled in world history.
Trump is a vengeful soul. Who also looks down on losers. Losers. And in the fight for the Nobel Peace Prize, he will be a loser. He is probably painfully aware of that. And will be deeply hurt by it. It will hit his self-image as a winner. And Norway can expect to be severely punished for not giving him the prize. He probably doesn’t care that Norway as a nation has nothing to do with who gets the prize.
On October 10, the answer will come to who will receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year. We will get the explanation from the head of the Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes. Then come the reactions. Trump is unpredictable. How he reacts to the award is more exciting than who or what gets the prize.
Source: Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian)