If there were any remaining doubt that President Donald Trump was the most pick-me president the country has ever seen, it should be dispelled by his preposterous cold call to Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg to beg for help getting the Nobel Peace Prize.

On Thursday, Politico Europe reported that Trump made the call out of the blue last month, ostensibly to talk about his tariffs, but he also used the opportunity to make his plea for the Nobel Peace Prize. He even had high-level officials on the call—because apparently Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer don’t have anything else to focus on.

And this wasn’t even the first time that Trump has buttonholed Stoltenberg about this. It’s not clear why Trump thinks pestering Norwegian politicians

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