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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis must have ticked Trump off !
The leader of a "s-hole" country was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.I'm guessing Trump wasn't even considered.
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This must have ticked Trump off ! (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Oct 2019
OP
I think it was the same day Trump said he'd like to mediate peace between two warring factions.
Frustratedlady
Oct 2019
#4
I don't think the Nobel Committee has those. Maybe a nice helping of lutefisk?
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2019
#9
RainCaster
(10,885 posts)1. The committee would have had a laugh if he was submitted
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,740 posts)2. He probably was, by some of the GOP numpties in Congress.
Nominations can be made only by certain people, but those include members of national legislatures. No doubt some goon like Gohmert or McCarthy sent in a nomination, which must have given the committee a good chuckle before they wadded it up and tossed it in the nearest trash bin.
getagrip_already
(14,764 posts)5. or some country he strong armed....
japan did it last cycle. no doubt he has forced others to do so as well.
William Seger
(10,779 posts)6. Trump waved around a "beautiful" nomination letter from Shinzo Abe
...which Abe wouldn't confirm, for some reason.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,740 posts)7. He probably has "John Miller" write them.
Bayard
(22,102 posts)3. Especially since the winner was a black guy!
Nanner nanner naaaaner!
usaf-vet
(6,189 posts)10. Maybe next year it will be Greta Thunberg.
Hopefully, Trump will be read about it from a prison cell. Or at least not from the Oval Office.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)4. I think it was the same day Trump said he'd like to mediate peace between two warring factions.
Can't remember which countries, but I remember having a laugh over the ridiculous suggestion since he'd just pulled our troops from Syria and leaving the Kurds to fight for their lives.
Mazeltov Cocktail
(569 posts)8. He didn't even get a "participation" prize.
Too bad...
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,740 posts)9. I don't think the Nobel Committee has those. Maybe a nice helping of lutefisk?