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adamtulinius | 1 month ago

Who "they"?

The problem here is that Trump believes that the Norwegian government has any say in what a private organisation is doing, and - to be frank - just shows that Trump is a tyrant who wants everyone to use illegal force to please him.

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testing22321|1 month ago

It gives good insight into how trump thinks of his own power in the US.

“I do whatever the fuck I want. I say jump, people ask how high. People do what I say”

He expects the same of other leaders in other countries.

A_D_E_P_T|1 month ago

They would be The Norwegian Nobel Committee, who at this point should realize what a disaster their prize has been, and not only last year. It was inherently poorly conceived, and shouldn't be awarded to the living, who can and do go on to wage war, agitate social instability, and act against the interests of peace.

gizajob|1 month ago

Having a situation where a president demands the peace prize otherwise he causes a war isn’t a good look for Nobel, and shows that we’ve now moved so far from the original intention of the prize that the peace component really should be scrapped.