According to Reuters, U.S. President Donald Trump said on the 25th local time that Norway has become a 'poop hole country'. He also stated that because the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegians are not welcome in the United States.
At a political rally in Michigan that day, Trump said that the United States is willing to accept immigrants from certain countries, but not from Norway. "Because I didn't receive the Nobel Prize... so, I don't want any people from Norway."
Trump claimed that "Norway has actually become a country of cesspits."
Reports say that there is no indication that the Trump administration is introducing any new formal policies targeting Norwegians.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Bart Ed said on the 26th, "He is very aware that the Nobel Committee is independent. If anyone has doubts about this, we have already informed them, and that remains the case."
It is worth mentioning that Trump previously used the offensive term "filthy countries" to describe Haiti, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen. Such blatant discriminatory statements by Trump have sparked criticism from public opinion on many occasions.
