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Trump rants against Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the independent Norwegian Nobel Committee, not the government; Trump also called Norway a vulgar name used for four other countries before.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's five thirty Eastern, this is The Pile-On, and tonight Norway is being told it has become a s-word house country, over a prize it doesn't hand out.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe Independent reports Trump said that after Navi Pillay won this year's Peace Prize, and the Washington Post says the Nobel Committee, not the Norwegian government, picks the winner.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the complaint went to the one office in Norway that can't do anything about it. That's a very thorough way of being wrong.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me finish, because I think this is a communications misunderstanding. The message was passionate, the address was simply a little off.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA little off? He said at a rally, we will not forget, Norway, that you didn't give this prize.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNorway's prime minister already said the prize comes from an independent committee. It's the one reply Norway could actually send.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOh, stop it.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSame term he's used for Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, and now a country with a committee that doesn't answer to it.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Pillay joked she'd share the prize with him. That's a generous offer for someone he called a mystery person at the rally.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThere's no sign the administration is adopting any new policy on Norwegian immigrants, so this is just a very loud return to sender.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHot take is a bad one: the rating is Severely Bonkers, and I'd like that noted.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMeanwhile the Nobel Committee has received nothing, so technically it's the only one in Norway not insulted. We're back same time tomorrow.

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