Trump Secretly Won Nobel Peace Prize

US President Donald Trump/PHOTO via Instagram @whitehouse

JAKARTA - US President Donald Trump is suspected of having a desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize. This was indicated by the news that Trump secretly asked the Nobel Peace Prize when he called the Norwegian finance minister last month.

Several countries including Israel, Pakistan, and Cambodia nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering a peace treaty or ceasefire.

Trump reported Norway's daily business, Dagens Naeringsliv, admitting he deserved the award given by Norway. The Nobel Prize was also accepted by four predecessors of the White House.

"Suddenly, when Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking in Oslo, Donald Trump called," Dagens Naeringsliv reported, citing an anonymous source reported by Reuters, Thursday, August 14.

"He wanted a Nobel Prize - and discussed tariffs," the source said.

The White House, Norwegian Ministry of Finance, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

With hundreds of candidates nominated each year, the winners elected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose five members were appointed by the Norwegian parliament in accordance with the wishes of 19th-century Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.

The announcement will be announced in October in Oslo.

The Norwegian newspaper said this was not the first time Trump had mentioned the Nobel Prize in a conversation with Stoltenberg, the former secretary-general of the NATO military alliance.

The newspaper quoted Stoltenberg as saying the phone call was aimed at discussing trade rates and economic cooperation before Trump called Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Stoere.

When asked if Trump had a problem with the Nobel Prize, Stoltenberg said: "I will not discuss further the contents of the conversation."

Several White House officials, including US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Total, participated in the phone call, Stoltenberg said.

The White House on July 31 announced a 15% tariff for imports from Norway, the same as that imposed by the European Union.

Stoltenberg said Norway and the United States were still in talks over the tariff.