Norway's Tourism Board Answers Trump's Insult With Guide to Scenic Public Toilets
Photo: APNorway's tourism board, Visit Norway, this week published a guide to public restrooms in scenic locations and strikingly designed buildings, answering U.S. President Donald Trump's insult of the country. Trump used a crude toilet-related term for Norway on Sunday at a 2026 midterm campaign rally in Michigan. He said he did not want immigrants from Norway in the United States because he had not received the Nobel Prize, and that he wanted nobody from Norway. The agency's website post echoed Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan, saying Norway makes such toilets great again. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the peace prize, is independent of the Norwegian government. The remarks were the latest in a series of Trump complaints about not winning the prize.
Left-leaning HuffPost leads with the tourist board's comeback, calling it a fitting response. It supplies the most detail: Trump's rally setting in Michigan, his remarks about Norwegian immigrants, the slogan parody, and the note that the Nobel Committee is independent of the government. It also describes the remarks as part of a long line of Trump rants. Right-leaning Newsmax carries the wire report, with a headline casting Norway as turning to toilet humor after Trump bashed the country. In the portions available, it centers on the insult to Norway and the Nobel Peace Prize and the tourism agency's guide, without the rally location, slogan parody or committee-independence point. Both sides agree on the core sequence: Trump insulted Norway, and the tourism agency replied with a toilet-themed guide. They differ mainly in context and tone. The AP text matches Newsmax's.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the tourist board's pointed retort and the Nobel Committee's independence; right sources run a shorter wire-style report framing it as Norwegian toilet humor.
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HuffPost leads with the tourist board's mocking reply, quoting its slogan parody, and adds context on Trump's Michigan rally remarks and the Nobel Committee's independence from the government.
AP reports Norway turned to toilet humor after Trump's remarks about the country and the Nobel Peace Prize, noting the tourism agency's guide to beautiful toilets.
Newsmax carries the same wire-style report, framing Norway's response as toilet humor after Trump bashed the country and the Nobel Peace Prize, with little added context.