Wulfschilde wrote:Happening: after years of joking that Donald Trump deserves a Nobel prize if Obama got one just for being black, people are starting to acknowledge one of Trump's major foreign policy accomplishments. Helping to form a deal between Israel and a Muslim country, most of which have historically denied Israel's right to exist, is a big deal.
Well, now the count is up to two: UAE and Bahrain. That is significant. It is a material improvement in diplomatic relations in the Middle East. Trump has been more peaceful than Obama, and more successful in diplomacy.
ingliz wrote:Nobody gives a shit. America and the Nobel Peace Prize appearing together in the same sentence has been a running joke for years. They gave it to Kissinger in '73 for God's sake. So ridiculous was that award it was described at the time as a move which "made political satire obsolete".
They gave it to Yasser Arafat too, along with Shimon Peres and Yitzak Rabin. So Kissinger and Le Duc Tho was a similar thing.
B0ycey wrote:He got a nomination from a Far right Norwegian MP. So isn't so much of a big deal when you scratch the surface.
The big deal is that Trump has now brokered two peace agreements in the Middle East, which is more than his predecessors have been able to accomplish. Clinton certainly tried, and Carter was successful with Egypt and Israel.
jimjam wrote:The Nobel peace prize was awarded to Barack Obama in 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people”. He donated the $1.4m award to charity.
The odd thing about that was he was just taking office in 2009, and had yet done nothing to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people.
Julian658 wrote:Obama did not deserve the Nobel prize. He knew it, he is a smart man and gave the cash away.
Well, it did have the taint of a bribe to it, so he did the right thing.
Julian658 wrote:Trump will never win because he is a Trump.
He won't win, because the committee is stock full of leftists.
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