Photo via The Independent

Trump in bizarre sweary rant against Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub

Read the original at The Independent ↗
Cite

Booth, R. (2026, October 26). Trump in bizarre sweary rant against Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub. The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-norway-nobel-peace-prize-b3073231.html

Dated from the outlet's own feed. Check the original for its byline.

The Independent · collected 2026-10-26 · by Rich Booth

Quick Summary

Donald Trump delivered a profanity-laced tirade against Norway during a political rally in Michigan, criticizing the country and its immigrants after not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He called Norway a "s**t house country" and said he would not welcome immigrants from there because the Nobel committee did not award him the prize. This rant came amid the lead-up to midterm elections and follows his previous attempts to pressure the committee into giving him the prestigious award.
Written by AI on 2026-10-26, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

AI analysis

Story summary

Donald Trump called Norway a "shithouse country" during a rally in Port Huron, Michigan on October 23, 2026, after expressing frustration over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. The comments came ahead of the midterm elections and were part of his broader criticism of immigration policies. In response, Visit Norway, the nation’s tourism board, published a humorous guide to scenic public restrooms across the country, quipping that "Norway makes sh*t houses great again." This creative retort aimed at turning Trump's insult into a point of national pride and humor.

Written for “Trump Mocks Norway Over Nobel Snub” on 2026-11-01, grounded in this article and the 6 other(s) covering the same event.

Story

📰 Trump Mocks Norway Over Nobel Snub
Politics · 7 article(s) covering the same event. Compare every outlet's account →

Compared with similar articles

This article reads leans right and hedges 21% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
Daily Mail
Hedges 0 of 38 claims Outlet record 68/100
Euronews
⚖️ Leans right Hedges 0 of 5 claims Outlet record 60/100
The Independent
Hedges 0 of 18 claims Outlet record 59/100
“Article A describes Trump's rant against Norway, while Article B reports on Norway's response to Trump's comments, which is a different but related event.”
Daily Mail
Hedges 1 of 27 claims Outlet record 68/100
“While both articles describe Trump's rant against Norway following his Nobel Prize snub, Article B covers a later reaction from Norway rather than Trump's initial statement.”
Toronto Star
⚖️ Leans left further left than this Hedges 0 of 29 claims Outlet record 64/100
“Article A describes Trump's rant against Norway, while Article B discusses Norway's response to Trump's comments.”
How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
3 of 14 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans right
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
59/100
The Independent's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
7
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Analyzed 2026-10-26 · how these are computed

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability
Source leaning vs. consistency

Publisher

The Independent · 3473 article(s) · 8 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 8 correction(s)

Who wrote this

Rich Booth
31 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 On Monday, the U.S. announced it would grant visas to the longtime Trump ally and his family.
🔮 Dacic added that he had raised Serbia's security threat level to red, the highest, and that there would be an increased police presence at key locations.
🔮 "The State Department will issue visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the United States," a senior State Department official said.
🔮 Reuters could not immediately independently verify the reports.
🔮 Attributing recent unrest in France to immigration, Trump said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway "because I didn't get the Nobel Prize ...
🔮 A gunman firing from a vehicle in a Paris suburb killed one person and wounded several others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what French authorities suspect may have been a racially motivated attack.
🔮 "Having Elizabeth in our lives is something we would have loved," Jayde said.
🔮 He will be interviewed in relation to the incident.
🔮 Flags would fly at half-staff on federal buildings across the country in honor of those affected by the tragedy, he said.
🔮 “The coroner and the office of the State Pathologist have been notified and a post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.”
Also by Rich Booth
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 31 articles by Rich Booth →

Topics

Independent Michigan Norway Port Huron the United States

Subjects

Norway GPE · 7× Trump PERSON · 7× Donald Trump PERSON · 2× Independent ORG · 1× Michigan GPE · 1× Oslo GPE · 1× Port Huron GPE · 1× Scandinavian NORP · 1× the Nobel committee ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

Narrative

The US President escalated his invective against the Scandinavian country, calling it a "s**t house country" and complaining that the Nobel committee, based in the capital Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-26
🔮 Attributing recent unrest in France to immigration, Trump said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway "because I didn't get the Nobel Prize ...
2026-10-26 · The Independent
Trump in bizarre sweary rant against Norway after Nobel Peace Prize snub · mixed framing

Claims (14 extracted, 3 hedged)

Donald Trump has hit out at Norway in another sweary rant after his Nobel Prize snub. asserted
Trump → hit → snub
The US President told a political rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday that immigrants from Norway are not welcome in the United States, days before next week's midterm elections. asserted
immigrants → tell → elections
The US President escalated his invective against the Scandinavian country, calling it a "s**t house country" and complaining that the Nobel committee, based in the capital Oslo, has not awarded him a Peace Prize. asserted
committee → escalate → Prize
President Trump has long coveted the prize and made no secret of his aspiration to win it. asserted
Trump → covet → it
He has previously heaped pressure on the committee to give him the prestigious accolade. asserted
He → heap → accolade
Attributing recent unrest in France to immigration, Trump said he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway "because I didn't get the Nobel Prize ... asserted
I → attribute → Prize
So I don't want anybody from Norway. asserted
I → want → Norway
" "Norway has become a s**t house country, actually," Trump said, using a term that he has previously applied to Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. asserted
he → become → Haiti
There was no indication that the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants. asserted
administration → be → immigrants
Trump earlier previously called the failure to give him a Nobel Peace Prize an "indelible stain" on Norway. asserted
Trump → call → Norway
Earlier this month Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay took a swipe at Donald Trump after winning the prize , joking that she would offer to share it with him. The South African judge and legal expert was awarded the prize for being “instrumental in ensuring war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide are prosecuted”, according to Nobel committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes. At the Nuremberg court where Pillay was attending an academic and legal conference, she addressed attendees and made a joke at Mr Trump’s expense. uncertain
she → take → expense
Walking into a room of applause, she said: “If you clap a little bit more, I may share this prize with Trump.” uncertain
I → walk → Trump
Norway is among the highest-income countries as measured by GDP per capita, according to International Monetary Fund data. uncertain
Norway → measure → data
The country's sovereign wealth fund posted a record profit of 1.75 trillion Norwegian crowns ($184.3 billion) for the first half of 2026. asserted
fund → post → 2026
💬Give feedback
🕘History 🎫Support