President Donald Trump has received a third Nobel Peace Prize nomination. The Hill. Four Australian law professors have nominated him for his "Trump Doctrine" which sought to stop endless American wars and not get into new ones. The professors also praised the normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain. President Trump has, so far, broken a streak of 39 years of US presidents starting new wars. Nobel Peace Prizes can be nominated by members of government and academia. Joe Biden has also been nominated for the prize as well by a member of British Parliament.
My Comment:
Just a quick note that President Trump has received yet another Nobel Peace Prize nomination. It will be his third this year. As a reminder Trump also was nominated for his effort to bring peace to the Middle East and was also nominated for his success in bringing peace between Kosovo and Serbia. Three nominations is pretty good.
Does President Trump have a chance of winning though? No chance. The Nobel Peace Prize is not really awarded for people that actually advance the cause of peace. If it was, Barack Obama wouldn't have won his. To be fair, he won that one before he had a record of starting wars and drone striking anyone and everyone.
It's clear that Obama didn't deserve his and I'd argue strongly that Trump does deserve one. But it's not about deserve, it's about who is popular among the international community. Obama was beloved despite his obvious flaws while Trump is hated despite his strong case for peace. In a fair world Trump would have won when he was nominated when he tried to negotiate a lasting peace with North Korea. It didn't work out in the end but it was an extraordinary effort.
If North Korea didn't work out, it's clear that the Middle East deal and the Serbia/Kosovo deal did work out. These successes served the cause for peace and President Trump is largely responsible for it. He deserves credit for it as I don't think a President Clinton would have even tried. Plus we'd be at war with Syria, Iran, North Korea and Russia.
But again, Trump's not going to win anything. Even an organization founded on peace won't award a person who is fighting for their cause because they don't like him. That's just kinda sad in the end. Imagine hating someone so much that you fight against the own cause you are supposed to be fighting for?
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