Helluva Thing, ISN'T It? - 'Have to be prepared for anything': Norway braces for Trump's reaction to a Nobel snub

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'Have to be prepared for anything': Norway braces for Trump’s reaction to a Nobel snub - Alternet

Hours before the official announcement of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize — and smack in the middle of an alleged deal between Israel and Hamas — Norway is bracing itself for a potential President Donald Trump Nobel Peace Prize snub, the Guardian reports.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said they reached their peace prize decision on Thursday, and "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," the Guardian says.

“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 [Trump] is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything,” Bergstø told the Guardian.

Trump has relentlessly campaigned for the prize, insisting last year, "If I were named... Obama, I would have had the Nobel prize given to me in 10 seconds."