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US President Donald Trump discussed how he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize when he called a Norwegian government minister last month, according to reports.
“Out of the blue, while Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called,” the Norwegian business newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv reported, citing unnamed sources.
“He wanted the Nobel Prize – and to discuss tariffs.”
Stoltenberg told the Reuters ageny the call concerned tariffs and economic collaboration in the lead-up to Trump’s call with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Store.
Stoltenberg also said several White House officials, including US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer were on the call.
“I will not go into further detail about the content of the conversation,” he said.
The White House and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not reply to requests for comment.
Recipients of the yearly awards are selected by the five-person committee from hundreds of entries before they’re announced in October.
Several nations, such as Israel, Pakistan and Cambodia, have nominated Trump for his efforts brokering peace deals and ceasefires.
The US President had previously raised the prize with Stoltenberg, a former secretary general of the NATO military alliance, the Norwegian newspaper reported.
Three US presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the last being Barack Obama in 2009.