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Oslo historian scoffs at Trump’s Nobel bid
The Free Press Journal
|October 03, 2025
Despite nominations, experts dismiss US president’s chances as political posturing
The prospect of US President Donald Trump bagging the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has been dismissed as “completely unthinkable” by Asle Sveen a historian in Oslo, the city where the prize is awarded.
The blunt remark reflects deep scepticism among experts who see Trump’s latest peace push as political theatre rather than statesmanship.
Donald Trump has long coveted the Nobel, once calling it an “insult” to the United States that he had not been honoured.
This story is from the October 03, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal.
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