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Despite President Trump’s campaign to get awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the committee bases its decisions only on merit — not pressure or politics. He said the committee, made up of five members chosen by Norway’s parliament, remains based solely “on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel,” noting that the committee has “seen any type of campaign, media attention.” The committee awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan