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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump *asked* Japanese PM Abe to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The report follows Trumps claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.
The Japanese leader had given him the most beautiful copy of a five-page nomination letter, Trump said at a White House news conference.
The U.S. government had sounded Abe out over the Noble Peace Prize nomination after Trumps summit in June last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the first meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting U.S. president, the Asahi said, citing an unnamed Japanese government source.
If you have to beg for a nomination you're not going to get the prize. I wonder who else he asked?
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,959 posts)PRESIDENT OBAMA won it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,122 posts)If, in some alternate universe (because it's not happening in this one), the Nobel Committee OD'd on akevitt and gave him the prize, he'd brag that the medal was bigger and better and had more gold in it than Obama's.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)He's probably lobbying for TWO Peace Prizes, so he can beat Obama. (Like that'll happen)
charlyvi
(6,537 posts)SunSeeker
(51,902 posts)spanone
(136,012 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)
and a horrific 'president'
True Dough
(17,433 posts)I think it's overdue that I received the DU Poster of the Year award. The Velveteen Ocelot, since you're the OP, I know I can count on your nomination.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,122 posts)True Dough
(17,433 posts)Did I mention you're the 2nd greatest poster that DU has ever known?
gademocrat7
(10,699 posts)Trump is not ever going to get any kind of prestigious award.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)A thousand people could nominate him. The Nobel Prize committee would never even consider him in a thousand years.
Grokenstein
(5,731 posts)"I don't know why we can't just nuke Oslo!! Stupid Irish with their haggis and their windmills and chocolates!!"
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That is exactly something he would say. He's such a raging moron.
moondust
(20,043 posts)BritVic
(262 posts)Tanuki
(14,933 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,632 posts)along the lines of, "You really want to keep that American aid flowing your way, don't you? Just send a nice little letter to the Nobel committee!"
Vinca
(50,350 posts)oasis
(49,564 posts)"pathetic blob of sniveling flesh".
Different Drummer
(7,698 posts)oasis
(49,564 posts)excuse. But we would know better.
Different Drummer
(7,698 posts)cstanleytech
(26,390 posts)Harker
(14,157 posts)Either in his prison cell, or a padded room in a mental hospital - whichever comes first.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,939 posts)wrote a nomination letter. Where is THAT man's sense of dignity, decorum, and of what's right?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,122 posts)by doing something that would have no effect at all; he must know there's no way in Hell that Trump would ever be awarded the Peace Prize. So Trump gets stroked and Abe stays in his good graces. Cynical, but that's diplomacy when you have to deal with Trump. "Sure, man, I'll write a letter. You're a shoo-in!" And then Abe
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,939 posts)And here's the real problem: it seems as if no one, not anyone in Trump's cabinet, none of his advisors, no Congressional Republicans, and apparently no foreign leaders are bothering to tell him anything about how the world really works. No one seems to correct him on his constant factual mistakes.
Personally, Abe writing the letter makes me lose respect for him. Just as I can't respect those who surround Trump and who don't at least try to set him straight on things.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,122 posts)We don't know what actually happened. It's also possible that there was an "...or else" aspect to it.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,939 posts)It's a cover for genuine evil at times. Like "Just following orders" has been.
And even if Trump had tried an "... or else" Abe ought to be bright enough to know his bark has no bite.
kairos12
(12,921 posts)EndGOPPropaganda
(1,117 posts)Any elected official world wide can write a letter to nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nominations are stupid and we should ignore them.
All that matters is who gets PICKED. And there is a 0.0000000000000000001% chance our lousy president will get picked for this award.
The more we talk about nominations the more we give air to stupid stories about the Nobel.
Bottom line: Trump is a corrupt unamerican criminal and he aint gonna get any prize.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,122 posts)of the recommenders for 50 years - although that doesn't prevent the recommenders or the recommendees from doing it. I doubt Abe would have made the recommendation public but of course Trump had to brag.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)is anybody surprised?
Jarqui
(10,131 posts)and withdrawal from Afghanistan
... he was trying to get more votes for his Nobel peace price ...
Evolve Dammit
(16,875 posts)trusty elf
(7,406 posts)Chump accepted it, saying that he always wanted to have one of those!
peggysue2
(10,895 posts)There's a Nobel Prize for Money Laundering, Mobster Activities and Treasonable Acts????
Who knew?
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)...is worse than I even dreamed.
demmiblue
(36,952 posts)Probably in Trump's case, but this is just
What an embarrassment to our country.
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