Donald Trump unleashes on Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub at political rally in Michigan

Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of Norway while addressing MAGA supporters at a political rally, complaining that he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on Norway at a campaign rally.
Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on Norway at a campaign rally. Credit: Sarah Rice/Bloomberg

US President Donald Trump has escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a “shit house country”, saying Norwegian immigrants are not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee, based in the capital Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize.

Trump made the comments at a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan on Sunday, ahead of the November 3 mid-term elections.

Attributing recent unrest in France to immigration, Trump said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway “because I didn’t get the Nobel Prize ... So I don’t want anybody from Norway”.

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However, there was no indication that the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants.

“Norway has become a shit house country, actually,” Trump said, using a term that he has previously applied to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

Norway is among the highest-income countries as measured by GDP per capita, according to International Monetary Fund data.

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund posted a record profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns ($A264.2 billion) for the first half of 2026.

Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a representative for the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not immediately return requests for comment outside regular office hours.

Earlier in October Trump called the failure to give him a Nobel Peace Prize an “indelible stain” on Norway.

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