Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize

Donald Trump speaks with Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of Nato as they attend a Nato summit in Watford, England, in 2019. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Donald Trump cold-called Norway’s finance minister last month to ask about a nomination for the Nobel peace prize, Norwegian press reported on Thursday.

The Norwegian outlet Dagens Næringsliv, citing unnamed sources, reported: “Out of the blue, while finance minister Jens Stoltenberg was walking down the street in Oslo, Donald Trump called … He wanted the Nobel prize – and to discuss tariffs.”