Throughout late June 2025, social media users claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump said he would bomb Norway if he fails to win the Nobel Peace Prize, which would be handed out later in the year (on Oct. 10) by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
For example, one Bluesky user wrote (archived): "Trump Warns if He Does Not Win Nobel Peace Prize He Will Bomb Norway."
Trump Warns if He Does Not Win Nobel Peace Prize He Will Bomb Norway
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The rumor also appeared on Facebook and X, where one user labeled it "breaking news" (archived).
Some readers seemed to take the claim at face value. However, there was no evidence that Trump had threatened to bomb Norway if he doesn't win the prestigious award. Searching for the terms "Trump," "bomb," "Norway," and "Nobel Peace Prize" on Google produced no evidence of any news media outlets publishing articles about him making such remarks (archived). If he had said he would bomb a NATO ally in such circumstances, numerous reports would exist; however, this was not the case.
Rather, the rumor originated with The Borowitz Report — a website run by comedian Andy Borowitz that describes its output as satirical. Its about page has long stated: "If you're meeting me for the first time, I'm Andy Borowitz, a writer and comedian … I've been writing satirical news since I was eighteen."
The source of the claim was a satirical article Borowitz published on June 26, 2025 (archived). The headline read: "Trump Warns if He Does Not Win Nobel Peace Prize He Will Bomb Norway."
Snopes has previously addressed numerous rumors originating from The Borowitz Report, such as when it published a satirical story about Trump urging the Vatican to select the new pope from the cast of "Fox & Friends."
The fictional claim about Trump potentially bombing Norway spread days after the U.S. president said he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in helping countries settle drawn-out conflicts, such as those between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Serbia and Kosovo and India and Pakistan (archived).
On June 20, he wrote a post on Truth Social (archived) — the social media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group — saying he "won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for" arranging "a wonderful Treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Rwanda, in their War, which was known for violent bloodshed and death."
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.