Trump Deserves Higher Honor Than Nobel Prize

Townhall.com ^ | September 13, 2020 | Jeff Crouere

[Kaslin]

For over one hundred years, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded. In that time, this honor has been viewed as the ultimate prize for any political leader. Recipients are supposed to be great diplomats who have brokered historic peace agreements. In contrast, the recipients are often left-wing politicians who have a suitable political agenda for the five-person Nobel Peace Prize committee.

Despite their efforts to end the plague of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, neither Pope John Paul II nor Ronald Reagan received the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead, it was awarded to Mikhail Gorbachev, a communist dictator who was pushed into reform by the military buildup of the United States and the moral courage of President Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and others.

The Nobel Peace Prize has also been awarded to a Palestinian terrorist leader, Yasser Arafat, and a corrupt U.N. Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Former liberal Democrat President Jimmy Carter received the award, as did former Democratic presidential candidate, Al Gore. Even though he has gained tremendous financial benefits for promoting the issue of “global warming” and made a slew of inaccurate predictions, the committee bestowed the honor on Gore for “efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.”

The worst decision ever made by the Nobel Peace Prize committee was to give the award to President Barack Obama in 2009. The honor was presented to Obama just a few months into his administration before he had accomplished anything of significance. As his tenure continued, Obama proved to be a total failure in foreign policy, brokered no peace deals and created tremendous division and racial conflict in his own country.

Obama took advantage of the “Arab Spring” movement to help install a Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, who was later convicted for inciting violence and arresting and torturing protesters. Obama also created tremendous instability in Libya by advocating the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi, who was cooperating with Western nations and had forsaken nuclear weapons. Since his overthrow, Libya has been a cesspool of terrorism and attacks like the one on our consulate in Benghazi have occurred with frequency.

Fortunately, Barack Obama is no longer the president of the United States and the country has a leader, Donald Trump, who has achieved tremendous foreign policy accomplishments. President Trump has lessened hostilities with an outlaw regime, North Korea, and conducted several summits with their unhinged dictator. While no peace agreement has been achieved, North Korea is no longer sending missiles over Japan or other neighboring countries.

The president is working feverishly to end the war in Afghanistan and is bringing home troops from Iraq and Syria. He does not believe in “endless wars” and wants to focus on the needs of the United States of America and not nation building.

In recent weeks, the president has achieved historic peace agreements. First, a pact was signed normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the first peace deal involving Israel in 25 years. This agreement was followed by another peace agreement between Israel and Bahrain. It is hoped that other Arab nations will soon follow and recognize the state of Israel.

The president also brokered an economic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, ending 21 years of conflict between those nations. In addition, Serbia agreed to move their embassy to Jerusalem and Kosovo officially recognized Israel.

In the span of a few weeks, the Trump administration has convinced three Muslim majority nations to officially recognize Israel. It seems peace is breaking out over all the region, which is exactly the opposite of what occurred during the Obama years.

For these significant achievements, President Trump has been nominated twice for the Nobel Peace Prize. One nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a four-term member of the Norwegian Parliament. He cited the Trump administration’s role in brokering peace between the UAE and Israel. In his nomination letter, Tybring-Gjedde noted “this agreement could be a game-changer that will turn the Middle East into a region of cooperation and prosperity.”

For his work in securing an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo, the president was also nominated by Magnus Jacobsson, a member of the Swedish Parliament. Both leaders recognize the historic nature of what President Trump and his administration has achieved.

Of course, the far-left wing media in our country is either ignoring the nominations or calling for the elimination of the Nobel Peace Prize. A staff writer for The Atlantic, the liberal magazine that just finished trashing the president in a piece filled with anonymous sources, claimed the Trump nominations were “wacky” and it was time for the Nobel Peace Prize committee to “shut it down.” This writer wants to end the prize before, heaven forbid, the president receives international recognition for his accomplishments.

Not surprisingly, no one on the left needs to worry because there is no way the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to President Trump. He is not a globalist, believes in national sovereignty, wants strong borders and is not a proponent of international climate change agreements. Trump is a conservative who is pursuing the Reagan doctrine of “peace through strength” by rebuilding our military while bringing home our troops from wars that have been raging for 19 years.

Despite his real foreign policy triumphs, President Trump will not win the Nobel Peace Prize. He does not share the liberal ideology of the five-person prize committee.

Thus, it is time for a new award to be created that recognizes true achievements and not virtue signaling. This award should be called the Reagan Peace Prize, named after another conservative Republican President, who was ignored by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Reagan brought peace to millions of people after the collapse of the “evil empire.” He truly helped the cause of freedom and promoted peace throughout the world. Trump is doing the same thing; it is time he is credited.

[Kriggerel]

I wrote a piece shortly after the 2016 Election, which lays out just how I feel about the Nobel so-called "Peace" Prize. The Prize's Price - (c)2016 by (((Trevor Patrick))) Someone recently asked about the Nobel Peace Prize- that if I ever won it myself, what such an 'honour' would mean to me? My mind immediately went to Lê Đức Thọ, who, along with Henry Kissinger, was awarded it in 1973- Well, history records, that Thọ turned down this so-called 'peace' prize, due to the inconvenient fact that there was no actual peace! Maybe even back then, he was ahead of the curve, knowing that 'peace' is a pretty lie, that only exists in a fairy-tale world. Then, the awkward spectacle in 1994: A carnival sideshow of forked-tongue speech, and behind their backs, you could see everyone's fingers crossed- the translators stumbling over the recurrent phrase: '...that we've achieved whatever it is we've achieved' It was agonisingly obvious, we were watching history's most cynical photo-op. Ah, but we weren't done yet- disingenuous photo-ops were just the start! The following years showed, there was so much further to go in that direction: Like in 2009, when, apparently the sole criterion became the mere expedient of getting yourself elected! And all of a sudden, the last scales fell away, revealing a popularity contest with a fancy name- of which the mildest criticism you can throw against it is that it's all so transparently shallow and myopic... Never mind the fact, that it's now completely discredited, and has become even less meaningful than 'team effort' ribbons or participation 'trophies'. Even worse than this, 'Peace' has now become officially Orwellian- the: 'Yeah, too quiet!' cliché warning that the hammer's about to fall again- -and the magic moment when everyone stands around reloading, or stuffing all the ballot boxes, while the rubes think they're actually 'voting'. But I was asked a fair question: 'Well, what if you won the Peace Nobel?' After all, the precedent's now been set: you can get it for doing nothing at all. If that really is an acceptable criterion, then absolutely, I am just as qualified, yet, stupid schlub that I am, I know I'd also turn it down. And I'd do it for the same reason that was offered in 1973- all the planet's little wars slowly joining hands, is a Hell of a long way from 'peace’. Indeed, I honestly believe there are few humans on this planet, who actually deserve that prize- at least in the form that Nobel intended... So, after I turned it down, as I think any sane person should, towards far more deserving winners, would I then offer my suggestions. I'd say: Give it to the new day sunrise: each one restores your hope, and dries your tears. I'd say: Give it to the beauty of a single minute: more than a thousand mortals could achieve in a hundred years. I'd say: Give it to the trees that old men plant, under whose shade they know they'll never sit. I'd say: Give it to the snowflakes that gently fall on the day that winter starts closing in. I'd say: Give it to all the animals, who, for hundreds of generations have constantly and selflessly enriched our lives, and I'd say: In the end, give it to the passage of years- because even the mightiest empires are powerless against time.

[Savage Beast]

President Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War peacefully.

'it is time for a new award to be created that recognizes true achievements and not virtue signaling. This award should be called the Reagan Peace Prize, named after another conservative Republican President, who was ignored by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee. Reagan brought peace to millions of people after the collapse of the “evil empire.” He truly helped the cause of freedom and promoted peace throughout the world. Trump is doing the same thing; it is time he is credited.'

[jimfree]

Sounds great. I’ll contribute a few bucks to the endowment.

[PlateOfShrimp]

Winning the Nobel Prize would be dynamite.

[Elsie]

Trump Deserves Higher Honor Than Nobel Prize

He already has it:

POTUS!

[Elsie]

One does NOT ‘win’ it.

It is awarded to a person.

[I want the USA back]

A google search for Trump Nobel Peace Prize shows the huge amount of hatred there is for Trump.

Most mainstream news outlets don’t cover it. Those that do, trash Trump.

[EEGator]

[polymuser]

Good Catholics could petition their church for his sainthood: Saint Donald the Peacemaker.

[HighSierra5]

Four more years is sufficient enough.

[gasport]

NPP has become a shiny worthless trinket.

[Pravious]

I’m up for Mt. Rushmore.

[rovenstinez]

Point well taken, when Obama took the prize, it sullied its value forever for me.

[HangnJudge]

The Golden Child got a Nobel Peace Prize, for doing... nothing, then attacked Libya, which had done nothing, to the US, after Libya had surrendered its nuclear and chemical weapons programs, to us, rendering them defenseless against a determined superior attack.

[browniexyz]

I agree. Why should he accept a prize that was awarded to someone who did nothing?

If it is offered, he should refuse it.

[yldstrk]

The reason there was no peace possible during the Obama years is because the Moslem countries wanted victory over Israel and so did Obama. The reason there is peace now is because the Moslem countries see they have better lives if they focus on making money and not ideology.

[PlateOfShrimp]

A math professor once told me that the reason there is no Nobel Prize in mathematics is because Mittag-Leffler, who would have won it the first year, was having an affair with Nobel’s wife.

Turns out that it is an urban myth (Nobel never married), but a great story.

[rktman]

Seems like the ‘nobells’ piece prize is like “EVERYBODY GETS A TROPHYISM” anymore. I mean if manbearpig and obxxx can get one then someone needs to nominate me as well. Actually, I’m probably more deserving than either one of them. LOL!

[tbw2]

The Israeli peace deals (2 now?) are proof Kushner had a valid reason to be on staff, too. And each is a valid reason for a Nobel peace prize.