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Showing posts with label Nobel Peace Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nobel Peace Prize. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Trump's Nobel Rage, Tariffs, Greenland & the Deal-only Presidency Turning the World Upside Down.
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Monday, January 19, 2026
Donald Trump Links Threats to Seize Greenland to Nobel Prize Snub in Letter
THE GUARDIAN: US president says he no longer feels the need to think ‘purely of peace’ in letter to Norwegian prime minister
Donald Trump has linked his repeated threats to seize control of Greenland to the fact that he has not been awarded the Nobel peace prize in an extraordinary letter sent to the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.
The US president said in the letter – the authenticity of which was confirmed by Støre to the Norwegian newspaper VG on Monday – that after failing to win the prize, he no longer felt the need to think “purely of peace”.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” he said, adding he could now “think about what is good and proper” for the US.
Støre told VG that the letter had “come in response to a short message to President Trump from me earlier in the day, on behalf of myself and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb”. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Monday, January 19, 2026
When Trump gets an idea in his head, he’s like a dog with a bone! — © Mark Alexander
Donald Trump has linked his repeated threats to seize control of Greenland to the fact that he has not been awarded the Nobel peace prize in an extraordinary letter sent to the Norwegian prime minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.
The US president said in the letter – the authenticity of which was confirmed by Støre to the Norwegian newspaper VG on Monday – that after failing to win the prize, he no longer felt the need to think “purely of peace”.
“Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” he said, adding he could now “think about what is good and proper” for the US.
Støre told VG that the letter had “come in response to a short message to President Trump from me earlier in the day, on behalf of myself and the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb”. » | Jon Henley, Europe correspondent | Monday, January 19, 2026
When Trump gets an idea in his head, he’s like a dog with a bone! — © Mark Alexander
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Giving Trump the Nobel Peace Prize Medal Is ‘Absurd’, Say Norwegian Politicians
THE GUARDIAN: US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Political leaders in Norway have condemned the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s “absurd” decision to present her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being a “classic showoff” who takes credit for other people’s work.
The Nobel laureate gave her medal to Trump at the White House on Thursday “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. Several hours later, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
The Nobel Peace Center said on social media that “a medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot”. The organisers of the prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute, had already said that the prize “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” when Machado first revealed her plan – a sentiment reiterated by the institute on Friday. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Friday, January 16, 2026
Was María Corina Machado the right person to receive the award in the first place? By giving the award away, she has shown clearly that she undervalued the great honour that had been bestowed upon her. As for Trump accepting her medal, it is difficult to imagine more ungracious behaviour by anyone. Moreover, Trump's acceptance of the medal was the height of naffness! — © Mark Alexander
Political leaders in Norway have condemned the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s “absurd” decision to present her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being a “classic showoff” who takes credit for other people’s work.
The Nobel laureate gave her medal to Trump at the White House on Thursday “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. Several hours later, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
The Nobel Peace Center said on social media that “a medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot”. The organisers of the prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute, had already said that the prize “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” when Machado first revealed her plan – a sentiment reiterated by the institute on Friday. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Friday, January 16, 2026
Was María Corina Machado the right person to receive the award in the first place? By giving the award away, she has shown clearly that she undervalued the great honour that had been bestowed upon her. As for Trump accepting her medal, it is difficult to imagine more ungracious behaviour by anyone. Moreover, Trump's acceptance of the medal was the height of naffness! — © Mark Alexander
Thursday, January 15, 2026
María Corina Machado Says She Presented Trump with Her Nobel Peace Prize Medal
THE GUARDIAN: The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state”, told reporters she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift.
Earlier in the day the Nobel organizers posted on X: “A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot.” » | Tom Phillips and Hugo Lowell | Thursday, January 15, 2026
The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state”, told reporters she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift.
Earlier in the day the Nobel organizers posted on X: “A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot.” » | Tom Phillips and Hugo Lowell | Thursday, January 15, 2026
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Machado Offered Trump Her Nobel, but Prize Institute Says It’s Not Allowed
THE NEW YORK TIMES: After María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said it cannot be “transferred to others.”
Sharing might be caring, but not, apparently, when it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Institute clarified the rules governing the award, writing that the facts were “clear and well established.”
“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the institute wrote. “The decision is final and stands for all time.”
The statement was released after María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader and the winner of last year’s prize, offered this week to give her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, who has long coveted the award.
On Monday, Ms. Machado, speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, said that presenting the prize to Mr. Trump would be an act of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the removal of Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president who was captured last week by the United States. » | Jonathan Wolfe | Saturday, January 10, 2026
Anyone with an ounce of common sense would know that Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded to one specific person, so cannot be given at will to others. Nobel Peace Prizes are not like Smarties! — © Mark Alexander
Sharing might be caring, but not, apparently, when it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Institute clarified the rules governing the award, writing that the facts were “clear and well established.”
“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the institute wrote. “The decision is final and stands for all time.”
The statement was released after María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader and the winner of last year’s prize, offered this week to give her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, who has long coveted the award.
On Monday, Ms. Machado, speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News, said that presenting the prize to Mr. Trump would be an act of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the removal of Nicolás Maduro, the country’s president who was captured last week by the United States. » | Jonathan Wolfe | Saturday, January 10, 2026
Anyone with an ounce of common sense would know that Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded to one specific person, so cannot be given at will to others. Nobel Peace Prizes are not like Smarties! — © Mark Alexander
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Nobel Prize for Venezuelan Dissident Draws Criticism
THE NEW YORK TIMES: María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.
When the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it would award María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s de facto opposition leader, the peace prize, it lauded her for pursuing a peaceful transition to democracy.
But as Ms. Machado prepares to formally receive the award on Wednesday, the committee has come under criticism over her statements as U.S. warships amass in the Caribbean and the Trump administration readies to make a possible move against Venezuela’s autocratic leader.
Ms. Machado has firmly embraced President Trump’s military buildup and has publicly expressed her support for using force to oust the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
She has also repeated debunked claims that Mr. Maduro manipulated U.S. elections, fueling accusations that she is amplifying misinformation to gain favor with the Trump administration. » | Genevieve Glatsky and Henrik Pryser Libell | Genevieve Glatsky reported from Bogotá, Colombia, and Henrik Pryser Libell from Oslo. | Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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Venezuelan Dissident Appears in Norway After Missing Nobel Ceremony: María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name. »
When the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that it would award María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s de facto opposition leader, the peace prize, it lauded her for pursuing a peaceful transition to democracy.
But as Ms. Machado prepares to formally receive the award on Wednesday, the committee has come under criticism over her statements as U.S. warships amass in the Caribbean and the Trump administration readies to make a possible move against Venezuela’s autocratic leader.
Ms. Machado has firmly embraced President Trump’s military buildup and has publicly expressed her support for using force to oust the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.
She has also repeated debunked claims that Mr. Maduro manipulated U.S. elections, fueling accusations that she is amplifying misinformation to gain favor with the Trump administration. » | Genevieve Glatsky and Henrik Pryser Libell | Genevieve Glatsky reported from Bogotá, Colombia, and Henrik Pryser Libell from Oslo. | Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Leer en español.
Venezuelan Dissident Appears in Norway After Missing Nobel Ceremony: María Corina Machado, who spent over a year in hiding in Venezuela, greeted supporters in Oslo, hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in her name. »
Friday, October 17, 2025
Is Venezuela’s Nobel Peace Prize Award a Blow to Maduro’s Grip on Power? | The Take
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Supports Israel's Genocide & Trump's War on Venezuela
Friday, October 10, 2025
María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”
María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan pro-democracy politician, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” » | Jonathan Wolfe | Friday, October 10, 2025
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat: Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez. »
María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan pro-democracy politician, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, in announcing the award, cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” » | Jonathan Wolfe | Friday, October 10, 2025
The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat: Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez. »
Norway Braces for Trump’s Reaction If He Does Not Win Nobel Peace Prize
THE GUARDIAN: US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.
Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.
Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”
“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Thursday, October 9, 2025
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?: Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death »
Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy: The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza »
Related video here with a commentary from me.
With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee pointedly said on Thursday that it had reached a decision about who would be named 2025 peace prize laureate on Monday, several days before Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under the US president’s Gaza plan.
Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.
Kirsti Bergstø, the leader of Norway’s Socialist Left party and its foreign policy spokesperson, said Oslo must be “prepared for anything.”
“Donald Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts. When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian. » | Miranda Bryant, Nordic correspondent | Thursday, October 9, 2025
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?: Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death »
Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy: The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and Gaza »
Related video here with a commentary from me.
Thursday, October 09, 2025
Will Donald Trump Be Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? | BBC News
Oct 9, 2025 | US President Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he wants the world's most prestigious award: the Nobel Peace Prize.
In speeches and press conferences, he has repeatedly reeled off a list of the seven wars he says he has solved. He's boasted that he deserves the award and that "everyone says I should get it" - and world leaders appear to have realised Nobel flattery is a way to his heart.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu publicly whipped out a nomination letter at the White House; Azerbaijan's president told Trump in a news conference that he deserved the prize, and Pakistan's government announced it had nominated him, winning plaudits from the president.
So is it actually conceivable that President Trump could win?
Is the BBC really being serious? What on earth has Trump ever done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? He’s blowing Venezuelan boats to smithereens in the Caribbean and killing the crews, and is itching to go to war with Nicolás Maduro to topple him. And this so-called Gaza peace plan has probably been engineered by his chum, Netanyahu, ‘just in time’. We know nothing much of the details of the plan yet, or how it will be implemented. The other day Trump wanted to ethnically cleanse Gaza to create a riviera for Trump’s very own luxury properties to attract the superrich, the poor Palestinians be damned! Moreover, in the streets of America, mayhem rules, and poor immigrants are being beaten and being disappeared. Nothing much peaceful about that!
It is to be hoped that the Nobel prize authorities will not fall for this. It is hard to imagine that they will. — © Mark Alexander
In speeches and press conferences, he has repeatedly reeled off a list of the seven wars he says he has solved. He's boasted that he deserves the award and that "everyone says I should get it" - and world leaders appear to have realised Nobel flattery is a way to his heart.
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu publicly whipped out a nomination letter at the White House; Azerbaijan's president told Trump in a news conference that he deserved the prize, and Pakistan's government announced it had nominated him, winning plaudits from the president.
So is it actually conceivable that President Trump could win?
Is the BBC really being serious? What on earth has Trump ever done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? He’s blowing Venezuelan boats to smithereens in the Caribbean and killing the crews, and is itching to go to war with Nicolás Maduro to topple him. And this so-called Gaza peace plan has probably been engineered by his chum, Netanyahu, ‘just in time’. We know nothing much of the details of the plan yet, or how it will be implemented. The other day Trump wanted to ethnically cleanse Gaza to create a riviera for Trump’s very own luxury properties to attract the superrich, the poor Palestinians be damned! Moreover, in the streets of America, mayhem rules, and poor immigrants are being beaten and being disappeared. Nothing much peaceful about that!
It is to be hoped that the Nobel prize authorities will not fall for this. It is hard to imagine that they will. — © Mark Alexander
Monday, September 15, 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize Push Rejected, Oslo Sparks Outrage
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Trump Continues to Fuel Russia-Ukraine Conflict
If Trump thinks he has “solved” seven wars, he is either on drugs or he is demented and/or deluded. Whichever one it is, it’s not good for the man who has been entrusted with the leadership of the free world. We in the West are really and truly in a very difficult position with Trump at the helm. Moreover, if Norway gives this man the Nobel Peace Prize, the prize will be rendered WORTHLESS. Further, the Norwegian authorities bestowing this prize will become the laughing stock of the whole wide world. — © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
Netanyahu Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize at White House Meeting
THE GUARDIAN: US leader upbeat on Gaza ceasefire prospects but does not share any additional details on preparations
Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.
Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. » | Andrew Roth in Washington | Tuesday, July 8, 2025
What a set-up! What a farce! This will render the peace prize worthless. – © Mark Alexander
Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump that he would nominate him for the Nobel peace prize on Monday, as the two leaders met for the first time since the US launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear program as part of a short-lived war between Israel and Iran.
Trump was expected to press Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in Israel’s 21-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza amid an outcry over the humanitarian cost of an offensive that has led to nearly 60,000 deaths, most of them Palestinian. » | Andrew Roth in Washington | Tuesday, July 8, 2025
What a set-up! What a farce! This will render the peace prize worthless. – © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 06, 2023
Iranian Women's Rights Campaigner Narges Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize | DW News
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel peace prize: Mohammadi wins prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights for all »
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Sunday, September 17, 2017
Inside Story - Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?
No less than 318 people and organisations are nominated. The nominations are supposed to be secret but on the list are expected to be the White Helmets search and rescuers in Syria, Pope Francis and Donald Trump.
Previous winners have been controversial, including Trump's predecessor Barack Obama, Vietnam war diplomat Henry Kissinger - and now Aung San Suu Kyi.
With hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims escaping the army campaign in Myanmar, critics are questioning how the 1991 Nobel Laureate can remain silent.
Who are the other questionable winners from the past?
Presenter: Adrian Finighan | Guests: Fredrik Heffermehl - Author of 'Nobel Peace Prize: What Nobel Really Wanted'; Rohan Jayasekera - Journalist and Editor at Vivarta digital media news organization; Azeem Ibrahim - Center for Global Policy & author of 'The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar's Hidden Genocide'
Saturday, October 03, 2015
Angela Merkel 'Firm Favourite' for Nobel Prize over Refugee Crisis - But Losing Favour in Germany
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| A migrant takes a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee camp near the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees after registration at Berlin's Spandau district in September 2015 |
Speculation is mounting that Angela Merkel will win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for her handling of the European refugee crisis and the war in Ukraine, just as public opinion in Germany is hardening on the migrant issue.
The German Chancellor has emerged as the firm favourite for the 2015 peace prize, the winner of which will be announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee next Friday.
But even as she is lauded on the international stage, Mrs Merkel is facing growing opposition to her refugee policy at home, where her personal approval rating with voters has plummeted nine percentage points in a single month, according to the findings of a new opinion poll. » | Justin Huggler in Berlin | Friday, October 2, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Former Nobel Official: Obama Prize Failed to Achieve Goals
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| President Obama receiving his prize in 2009 |
In a break with Nobel tradition, the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee says the 2009 award to President Barack Obama failed to live up to the panel's expectations.
Geir Lundestad writes in a book released on Thursday that the committee had expected the prize to deliver a boost to Obama. Instead the award was met with fierce criticism in the US, where many argued Obama had not been president long enough to have an impact worthy of the Nobel.
"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," Lundestad wrote in excerpts of the book read by The Associated Press. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for." » | AP | Friday, September 19, 2015
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