Norway's Tourist Board Answers Trump's 'Shithouse' Jibe With Showcase of Scenic Public Toilets

Norway's tourist board, Visit Norway, posted a feature on its website this week showcasing some of the country's most striking public toilets, answering President Donald Trump's description of Norway as a 'shithouse country.' Trump made the remark at a rally in Michigan on Sunday, days before the US midterm elections. He said 'Norway sucks' and that he would welcome immigrants from some countries but not from Norway, 'because I didn't get the Nobel Prize.' He has used the same term for Haiti, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. Visit Norway asked whether these were the world's best 'shit houses,' said Norway 'makes shit houses great again,' and called the toilets worth a visit whether or not visitors need to go. Earlier this month Trump condemned the Nobel Peace Prize award to Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge, calling it a stain on Norway and saying he had never heard of her.

The right-leaning Daily Mail leads with Norway 'hilariously' mocking Trump, with a headline calling the humor 'clever.' It adds that Trump tied recent unrest in France to immigration, notes that the Nobel committee sits in Oslo, and describes designer toilets with views of fjords, rivers and waterfalls along 18 scenic routes. Newsmax uses a flatter headline about Norway turning to toilet humor after Trump 'bashes' the country. The left-leaning Guardian also leads with the tourist board's response, using toilet puns of its own. It stresses Trump's repeated fury over the Nobel and quotes his earlier attack on the Pillay award, which the Daily Mail excerpt does not mention. Both sides agree on the rally, the quotes and the tourism board's reply. They differ in tone and in which background they add: immigration and France on the right, Pillay and the earlier Nobel row on the left. NewsNation's coverage matches Newsmax's wording.