White House spokesman Steven Cheung made it clear on Friday afternoon that the United States is unhappy that President Donald Trump did not receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

"Trump will continue to make peace deals, end wars and save lives. He has a humanitarian heart, and there will never be anyone else who can move mountains in the same way just by sheer force of will," Cheung said, according to Reuters.

- The Nobel Committee made it clear that they put politics before peace, he continues.

Trump has made it clear in advance that he believes Venezuelan María Corina Machado, who won this year's peace prize, deserves the award.

A slap in the face

Shortly after María Corina Machado was presented as this year's Peace Prize winner, Trump's face also graced the front pages of international newspapers.

Everyone uses the same words; SNUBBED.

In good Norwegian, it can be translated as being overlooked, passed over or ignored - preferably in a context where you would have expected attention, praise or recognition.

A slap in the face, reads the headline in the British tabloid newspaper The Sun:

Trump rejected by Nobel, concludes the Daily Mail, which also writes that the president's achievements are ignored by the committee.

The Independent has a picture of the actual Peace Prize winner, but still focuses on Trump: Trump failed in his attempt to win the Peace Prize.

The New York Post also writes SNUBBED in capital letters above the news.

- Filled with integrity

The head of the Nobel Committee also had to answer questions about the pressure to give this year's Peace Prize to Donald Trump.

The Nobel Committee only bases its decisions about who is awarded the Peace Prize on Alfred Nobel's will, says committee chairman Jørgen Watne Frydnes.

His response came in response to a question from the press about whether the Nobel Committee has noticed any pressure to award the Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump.

"In the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think this committee has seen every type of campaign and media attention. We get thousands of letters every year from people who want to say what, for them, leads to peace," Frydnes answered the question.

- This committee sits in a room filled with portraits of past recipients. And that room is filled with both courage and integrity, so we base our decisions solely on the will of Alfred Nobel.

Can stand behind

Trump has long been clear in his speeches: He wanted the Peace Prize. But since the outcome obviously did not go as the US President wanted, Machado is a Peace Prize winner Trump can probably still get behind.

That's what US expert and Civita advisor Eirik Løkke thinks.

- I certainly think that he will think that one can distinguish between the opposition leader Machado and the government in Venezuela. To the extent that it was someone other than him who won the Peace Prize, I think he is relatively satisfied that it was Machado. She has supported Trump's hard line against the authorities in the country, Løkke tells Dagbladet.

At the end of September, Trump threatened that he was considering military attacks in Venezuela, against what he claims are drug traffickers in the country.

The United States has attacked at least four vessels allegedly transporting drugs off the coast of Venezuela in recent weeks. Trump has also said the United States will consider attacking drug cartels that arrive via land in Venezuela.

Waiting for reactions

Before the first reaction came from the White House, the US expert was excited to see how Trump would react to not receiving this year's Peace Prize.

- There probably won't be any big congratulations to Machado. I rather think there will be some jabs from Trump that he should have won the Peace Prize, and that he should at least get the prize next year, based on the peace processes he has initiated, Løkke said recently.

- Do you think he will want to punish Norway because he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

- I don't think so, but you never know what he can come up with. With Trump, you can't rule out anything. There could be a reaction against Norway when he didn't get the Peace Prize. For Trump, politics is very personal, so he thinks it's an insult if he doesn't get the Peace Prize.

Løkke believes that if it had been another Peace Prize winner, such as the UN or WHO, which are organizations Trump has repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with, he would have perceived it as a greater provocation against him.

Ask the media to contribute

The chair of the Nobel Committee was also asked how the committee will ensure that it is now the actual winner of the Peace Prize, and their work and fight for democratic development in Venezuela, that will receive media attention in the future.

This given all the focus that has been on Trump.

- First and foremost, I hope for help from you in the media, because the media plays an important role in both highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the great and important work the opposition in the country is doing.