The Head of Nobel Prize tried to justify not giving the award to the U.SPresident Donald Trump.
Speaking on Friday October 10, Nobel Committee Chair Jorge Wayne Frydnes subtly suggested that Trump was not worthy of illustrious award.
Frydnes was asked about the clamour to give the prize to Trump after U.S the President after the U.S President had said it would be an insult to the US not to award it to him.
However, rather than blame the timing since the decision was made on Monday, October 6, days before the peace deal was struck by Trump, Frydnes suggested that a last-minute switch wasn’t made because the US leader doesn’t live up to it.
“In the history of the Nobel Peace prize, I think this committee has see many types of campaign, media attention “, Frydnes said without naming Trump.
“We receive thousands and thousands of letters every year of people wanting to say what for them, leads to peace.
“This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates and that room is filled with both courage and integrity. So we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel”, he added.
While the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee made its decision on Monday, October 6, many of Trump’s allies made a last-minute pitch to have the US President win the award after he brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas days later.
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu was among them, sharing an Al-image of Trump with an award around his neck on Thursday with caption: “Give@realDonaldTrump the Nobel prize was awarded to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
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