Oslo responded to Trump, who called Norway a "damned country" for not receiving the Nobel Prize. Norwegian Foreign Minister Aspen Bart Aida reminded the US president that the Nobel Committee makes decisions independently of the Norwegian authorities. "He knows very well that the Nobel Committee is independent. We reminded him of that in case anyone was wondering, and it still is," he said. Earlier, Trump strongly criticized Norway for the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision not to award him the Peace Prize. "The truth is, Norway sucks. In fact, Norway has become a rotten country," he said. As Reuters remembers, Trump previously used a similar nickname in relation to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Meanwhile, according to the International Monetary Fund, Norway is a country with one of the highest levels of income in the world, measured by GDP per capita.

Oslo responded to Trump, who called Norway a "damned country" for not receiving the Nobel Prize. Norwegian Foreign Minister Aspen Bart Aida reminded the US president that the Nobel Committee makes decisions independently of the Norwegian authorities. "He knows very well that the Nobel Committee is independent. We reminded him of that in case anyone was wondering, and it still is," he said. Earlier, Trump strongly criticized Norway for the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision not to award him the Peace Prize. "The truth is, Norway sucks. In fact, Norway has become a rotten country," he said. As Reuters remembers, Trump previously used a similar nickname in relation to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Meanwhile, according to the International Monetary Fund, Norway is a country with one of the highest levels of income in the world, measured by GDP per capita.