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– As expected, the choice is very even. Now we must be patient and let the democratic processes established to clarify a winner go their own way. The United States is a country with strong institutions and more than 200 years of experience in conducting democratic elections, Søreide writes in an email to NTB.
– We hope to continue the good cooperation we have with the United States with the person elected president, he writes.
Several other Norwegian politicians are sharper in tone, reacting to Donald Trump’s speech from the White House on Wednesday morning Norwegian time. There he said that he considered himself a winner, affirmed that there was electoral fraud and demanded that the voting be stopped. I had already done so, but the count is still in progress.
Prejudices
Former Liberal Party leader Trine Skei Grande condemned the speech.
– Trump’s speech earlier today was not worthy of a democratically elected leader. It chilled my back when I heard it. Fortunately, there are many Democrats in the United States, both great and small D. Today I trust them, writes Grande. On twitter, which requires all votes to count.
SV’s Audun Lysbakken calls Trump an undemocratic bully and thinks the speech is dramatic.
Trump’s attempt to win early can cause chaos and unrest, and is a dangerous game, he writes in an email.
Both Lysbakken and Bjørnar Moxnes from Rødt are demanding a new line in relation to the US.
– Norway must now develop an independent foreign policy line that makes us less dependent on an increasingly unpredictable and assertive United States, Moxnes writes.
– Disturbing
Labor Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre believes Trump’s speech was not a victory speech, but rather showed an uncertain president.
– It is worrying that he sends signals that not all votes will be counted, he tells TV 2.
– The United States is one of our most important allies. We want an active America in the world, but such a polarized country means that people are in a worse position in terms of the challenges we face, he also says.
MDG leader Une Aina Bastholm believes that Trump’s demand that early votes not be counted runs contrary to core Western values.
– The situation in the United States at the moment reminds us that we cannot take democracy and trust in society for granted, he writes on Facebook.
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