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Awww, look who got an invitation from the King of Norway, and who did not: (Original Post) spooky3 May 2025 OP
Catsup hitting walls... SheltieLover May 2025 #1
Yep surfered May 2025 #13
Good find! calimary May 2025 #14
Always! SheltieLover May 2025 #17
Good one! SheltieLover May 2025 #16
love this Skittles May 2025 #2
Trump no doubt has a woody for meeting the King of Norway Disaffected May 2025 #3
This is wonderful! liberalla May 2025 #4
More here malaise May 2025 #18
For those that don't use Zucks stuff: erronis May 2025 #5
And on this day, White "refugees" KT2000 May 2025 #6
Perhaps ... krkaufman May 2025 #8
Doesn't our wonderful Obama look terrific? CTyankee May 2025 #7
Yes. Exactly how a great president, gentleman and leader looks like. Deuxcents May 2025 #10
and no hair dye. mopinko May 2025 #23
HA !!!!! Karadeniz May 2025 #9
Can you imagine sharing a meal with President Trump? Sitting with him for an informal conversation? Midnight Writer May 2025 #11
The late Queen Elizabeth wasn't keen on him, either. Nt spooky3 May 2025 #20
Great OP malaise May 2025 #12
Thx! Just another reason to adore Norwegians. :-) nt spooky3 May 2025 #19
Indeed malaise May 2025 #21
Buttons Iamscrewed May 2025 #15
It will help to post a paragraph or two instead of sending us to click. Deos the site get points from number of clicks? question everything May 2025 #22
Similarly: King Charles to host President Macron on first state visit - and why it's such a big deal muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #24
K&R spanone May 2025 #25
Trump is obsessed with kings because he'd love to be one. Ocelot II May 2025 #26
I was in Oslo yesterday, within a block of the palace. I wasn't invited. sinkingfeeling May 2025 #27
Dump claims he has genetic ties to ancient viking king. Clouds Passing May 2025 #28

Disaffected

(6,166 posts)
3. Trump no doubt has a woody for meeting the King of Norway
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:20 PM
May 2025

to lobby for a Nobel Peace Prize.

malaise

(292,890 posts)
18. More here
Tue May 13, 2025, 08:15 PM
May 2025
https://people.com/king-harald-crown-princess-mette-marit-norway-host-president-barack-obama-11733757

The former U.S. leader visited with King Harald V, the King's daughter-in-law Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the Bygdø Kongsgård royal summer estate in Bygdøyveien on Tuesday, May 13.

The visit came as Obama was in Norway for a lecture at the Oslo Spektrum on Monday, May 12. Moderated by Sofie Høgestøl, a podcaster and former member of Norwegian parliament, the discussion delved into “some of the most pressing issues of our time, as well as his thoughts on the challenges facing the world's democracies in the future.”

Obama and King Harald were well acquainted during his time in office. The monarch presented the former president with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his efforts in international diplomacy.

KT2000

(21,958 posts)
6. And on this day, White "refugees"
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:41 PM
May 2025

from South Africa are being welcomed to this country by the administration. Wonder if trump would ever be able to figure that one out.

CTyankee

(67,796 posts)
7. Doesn't our wonderful Obama look terrific?
Tue May 13, 2025, 06:42 PM
May 2025

Gracious, handsome, dignified...I MISS HIM SO MUCH!

Midnight Writer

(25,148 posts)
11. Can you imagine sharing a meal with President Trump? Sitting with him for an informal conversation?
Tue May 13, 2025, 07:39 PM
May 2025

Why would any world leader want to meet with the man who constantly bullies, brags and disrupts, except when he is dealing with tyrants, who he is quite cordial with.

question everything

(51,704 posts)
22. It will help to post a paragraph or two instead of sending us to click. Deos the site get points from number of clicks?
Tue May 13, 2025, 08:25 PM
May 2025

muriel_volestrangler

(105,581 posts)
24. Similarly: King Charles to host President Macron on first state visit - and why it's such a big deal
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:12 AM
May 2025

[excerptThe King will host French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife this summer on their first state visit to the UK.

Buckingham Palace announced the president has accepted the King's invitation and will visit from 8-10 July.

Mr Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, will stay at Windsor Castle.
...
But after reports last month that Emmanuel Macron may get a state visit first, it has now been confirmed that the French President and his wife will be heading to Windsor Castle before the US President.

https://news.sky.com/story/king-to-host-french-president-emmanuel-macron-on-first-state-visit-13367008

Ocelot II

(129,127 posts)
26. Trump is obsessed with kings because he'd love to be one.
Wed May 14, 2025, 08:32 AM
May 2025

However, King Harald has very little actual power per the Norwegian Constitution; he isn't anything like the absolute monarch Trump would love to be. Most European hereditary monarchs are basically mascots and symbols of their particular countries - usually loved and respected as such, but their countries' parliaments run the show. Trump's interest in this particular king over the other remaining eight or nine European kings probably arises from the fact that the Norwegian parliament selects the members of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and Trump probably figures the king could pull some strings for him (not that he would). Note also that Trump met recently with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, along with the Finance Minister, Jens Stoltenberg (the recent head of NATO). While Norway is almost as rich as Dubai, it's not a world power, and I can't think why Trump would want a special meeting with its top officials except for the purpose of sucking up. Trump wants that Peace Prize desperately - not just for the prestige, but because Obama got one.

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