A Nobel Prize for Trump?

[PunkTheFunk 125,733]

Donald Trump, Nobel Peace Prize Winner? The Odds Are Better Than You Think

In recent days, as South Korean President Moon Jae-in has held a historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, there's apparently a movement bubbling up in support of President Donald Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize. And if he did, it would add his name to a long list of recipients, including former President Barack Obama.

As CNN detailed this week, South Korean foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha has credited the American president with fostering the environment that allowed the historic meeting to take place. She told journalist Christiane Amanpour that "clearly, credit goes to President Trump," and claimed he had "been determined to come to grips with this from day one."

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has vocally suggested that if a peace agreement is reached between North and South Korea, Trump should be the recipient of the world's foremost peace prize.

"It wouldn’t have happened without Trump. It may not happened, but it’s the biggest change since the end of the hostilities,” Graham reportedly told Fox News. “What happened? Donald Trump convinced North Korea and China he was serious about bringing about change.”

“We’re not there yet, but if this happens, President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize," Graham concluded.

If Trump were to actually win the Nobel Peace Prize, it would almost certainly be treated as a deeply controversial decision. Whatever the outcome in North Korea, and to whatever extent he can be said to have been central to it, myriad aspects of Trump's tenure as president have been anything but conducive to peace.

Civilian casualties by way of American military activities in the Middle East, for example, have skyrocketed since Trump took office. He's also presided over a surge in immigration raids and arrests domestically, including the breaking-up of the families of undocumented immigrants, and has repeatedly insisted he wants to scrap the Iran nuclear deal, one of the most significant diplomatic strides toward peaceful nuclear nonproliferation in recent memory. In short, there are plenty of reasons Trump getting a peace prize would be highly controversial.

He would not be the first American official to win the award despite an overall record that made it seem very unlikely he'd even be in the running, however. Perhaps most notably, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger won the award in 1973 for his role in negotiating an end to the Vietnam war, despite his reported role in the planning of the U.S. carpet-bombing of Cambodia.Estimates of the total death toll from the four-year bombing campaign range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Today, Kissinger is considered a war criminal throughout much of the world, but is still a well-connected figure in the nation's capital, and has aggressively defended his own legacy and decision-making.

In short, who wins the Nobel Peace Prize can be a fraught and at times controversial question, and given how deeply polarizing Trump's presidency has been, that would almost certainly be true were he to win it. But with the amount of heightened attention being paid to the Korean peace process, and the extent to which South Korean leaders are emphasizing their praise for him, it now seems far more possible than it would have this time last year.

https://www.bustle.com/p/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-winner-the-odds-are-better-than-you-think-8924464

[Saint Hollywood 37,364]

I came in here just to say... no

[ALGAYDO 35,373]

I would literally riot. Literally. In the streets. Like, lit up torch, dirty pitchfork, everything. 

[LePetitGAGABLover 21,234]

Can I still sign up to that Mars One mission?

[LaLuna 12,732]

Peace and Trump are two words that shouldn't even be used in the same sentence. He is the opposite of peace.

[Florian 20,017]

He can't even keep his country peaceful and safe  

[Edonis 28,974]

Literally the Winter Olympic Games had more impact on North and South Korea reuniting than Trump did. And him having a Peace Prize entrusted in his name? A joke.

[roy 1,216]

i'd be hella upset

i'd pack my bags from sydney and fly to washington d.c. to slap his face

like give obama a nobel prize or another one if he already has one

trump,  no.

[SolidSnake 2,804]

No, Odds are according to every single foreign policy expert that this wont cause peace on the korean peninsula anyway. Obama getting one was a joke too. A nobel peace prize for someone who orders drone strikes on innocent bystanders? Lol

[River 128,526]

It's too early to celebrate the peace

I mean, Hello Kimmy is a pure evil and suspicious.. this sudden change of heart is just weird, I don't trust the Kimmy with bad hair

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

Only people that jump to conclusions would think this... and those that think Trump tweeting about it means anything  Honestly, this cyclical behavior might lead to such nominations or a win (not that that means much these days  ) 

However, it seems to me like Trump himself just happened to be in the right place, he didn't facilitate this at all from what I know  

Feel free to correct me with hard evidence.

Finally, nothing will change his track record, his views, his actions, his words  Still an awful human being that doesn't deserve to be president.

[SolidSnake 2,804]

7 minutes ago, River said:

It's too early to celebrate the peace

I mean, Hello Kimmy is a pure evil and suspicious.. this sudden change of heart is just weird, I don't trust the Kimmy with bad hair

[SolidSnake 2,804]

10 minutes ago, ItsTommyBitch said:

Only people that jump to conclusions would think this... and those that think Trump tweeting about it means anything  Honestly, this cyclical behavior might lead to such nominations or a win (not that that means much these days  ) 

However, it seems to me like Trump himself just happened to be in the right place, he didn't facilitate this at all from what I know  

Feel free to correct me with hard evidence.

Finally, nothing will change his track record, his views, his actions, his words  Still an awful human being that doesn't deserve to be president.

President Moon of South Korea and China's government likely have much more to do with this. 

[GoldenPonyboy 2,434]

Didn't this peace thing happen even before Trump met with the guy ? It seems like the USA's influence was minimal. Nobody is crediting Trudeau for this in Canada, why should Trumps get the credit ? Some Americans need to realise that they are no longer the world influence they once were. Still strong yes of course but not as it was 50 years ago. China and South Korea and the Olympics probably played the bigger role. 

[gabeoz 7,915]

The US influence on it is minimal. North Korea doesn’t have a choice, it’s biggest defense was its nuclear program which shattered to pieces after the main facility collapsed in a failed test, it wasn’t Trump it was their own incompetency.