Posted on 05/02/2018 9:30:00 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
If only there were a prize for moronic ideas.
An apple-polishing group of 18 Republican members of Congress signed a letter Wednesday addressed to the Nobel Prize committee recommending President Trump for the Peace Prize, the most coveted human rights honor in the world.
The tuchus-smooching letter was penned by Indiana Rep. Luke Messer, who badly needs Trump's support in a tight upcoming election. The Midwestern pol gushed over what he and his colleagues see as the President's diplomacy, and others see as threats and war-mongering, to get North and South Korea to sit down and talk peace.
"Since taking office, President Trump has worked tirelessly to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to end its illicit weapons program and bring peace to the region," the congressman fawned.
The idea of giving the President the vaunted gold disk gained momentum Saturday at a Trump political rally in Michigan.
As the President began his talk about the denuclearization of the hostile nation, the crowd began to chant "Nobel! Nobel! Nobel!"
That followed North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un's promise last week to abandon his nuclear program and meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for negotiations to end nearly 70 years of hostility between the two nations.
The thought of giving the highest human rights honor to the man who taunted Communist Kim by calling him "Little Rocket Man" and has threatened the famously unstable dictator with nuclear annihilation, prompted spit-takes across the city and around the country on Wednesday.
"I thought you had to accomplish something to obtain the prize," said Michael Avenetti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels, who is suing Trump for defamation. "Nothing has actually happened (in North Korea). I mean, they don't hand out the Super Bowl rings before the game."
New York Rep. Adrianno Espaillat (D-Manhattan) was more reserved, but no less aghast, at the notion of awarding the Peace Prize to a leader who once bragged that his nuclear button was bigger than the North Korean dictator's.
"I don't think we are a safer world now than we were a year ago," the congressman said. "I understand the seriousness of the North Korea and South Korea conflict ... the rest of the world is in danger. A nomination to such a prestigious award should not be a partisan gaming opportunity."
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson also shot down the idea of giving a prestigious award to a President who has ironically called for more immigration from Norway, home of the Nobel prizes, rather than the "shithole countries" of the developing world. For Johnson, a Trump nod doesn't even come close.
"He is the least-deserving human being on the planet," the speaker said. "He's a liar with no integrity who has destabilized the pillars of our democracy for his personal gain while peddling conspiracy theories about his enemies. Seriously — no."
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, a Democrat, said Trump doesn't even come close to deserving a Nobel Prize. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, a Democrat, said Trump doesn't even come close to deserving a Nobel Prize. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)
Public Advocate Letitia James also called BS on the gambit.
"He should share it with Putin and Assad," she said, referring to the monstrous Vladimir Putin of Russia and Bashar Assad of Syria, both of whom are known for human wrongs rather than human rights.
New Yorkers likewise balked at the idea that allies Moon and Trump could bring Kim in to be their Seoul-mate.
"He didn't do s--t about North Korea," said Maria Mykolenko, 59, of the Upper West Side.
"The Nobel committee is not that stupid. … It's a peace prize. He's a person who gets people to hate each other," the violin teacher and composer added.
"Frankly, I think the idea of giving Trump a peace prize is just a huge joke," said TV director John Gray, 60, of the Upper West Side. "We all know he's irrationally competitive with Obama, so I think a lot of this is about trying to best him or be equal to him, which he will never be. Even with Obama's faults, Trump will never be anywhere near him."
Former President Barack Obama received the Nobel Prize in 2009. He's won of four presidents to win the award. Former President Barack Obama received the Nobel Prize in 2009. He's won of four presidents to win the award.
Former President Barack Obama famously, and surprisingly to many — including himself — received the award in 2009, less than nine months into office, "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," according to the prize committee. Three other American Presidents have won the award: Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for peace negotiations between Russian and Japan, Woodrow Wilson in 1919 for establishing the League of Nations and Jimmy Carter in 2002 for his lifetime of work in conflict resolution.
Obama, however, expressed humility over the award, saying, "To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize."
Some experts have suggested that giving Trump the prize, whether he deserves it or not, could have a positive effect — but not necessarily for the Koreas.
Yale psychiatry Prof. Bandy Lee, who specializes in de-escalating international violence, said the laurels could flatter the President's ego and keep the easily distracted leader from focusing on keeping out illegal immigrants or starting a trade war.
"Offering the Nobel Peace Prize could help keep the President from his natural impulse to attack, but it would be a perverted use of it, when what he really needs is an evaluation of his capacity to serve."
LOL - Zero got it for nothing and spent 8 years proving he got it for nothing
They eat the sour grapes and then their heads explode I love it!
What’s the difference between Avenetti and a piece of used toilet paper?
The paper.
The only reason Carter got one was a slap to George Bush.
If there were, the New York Daily News would win.
(Obama)- He’s WON (?) of four presidents to win the Award. Do these Nitwits ever read what they write?
This effort is actually anti-Trump, especially at this juncture. While he has achieved some spectacular prepatory moves; Trump has not actually achieved anything of great import. And I don’t say that to denigrate Trump, I say that meaning “nothing really important has gotten done” regardless of whom is doing it.
It’s not clear whether China detected the collapse of NKs test site, completely freaked out at the radiation escape potential, and shut down the NK program right f’n now, today. And now NK could be playing that as a concession. (Frankly, IMO this is the most likely scenario, but I can only guess at it)
It’s not established how any inspection and verification regime is going to occur.
And it’s certainly not clear if NK can be trusted in the first place.
Saying all that without taking one atom away from Trump in this particular effort; it is so ridiculously early in the game that the Nobel prize thing is a hex, a jinx. Because if this thing fails, and there are many reasons why it might, the left is going to paint Trump as the hollow showoff. These so-called supporters are goofy, dopey people who should for once in their lives STFU. They can’t wait to hitch their fate to a successful Trump wagon but they will abandon him like the shallow sycophants they are if they smell failure. They and this effort do him, NK, and world no damn good at this juncture.
It looks like some of those sophisticated folks in the biggest cities don’t care much for outsiders like Americans.
With past winners like Obama (invading Libya and turning the ME into one big killing field) and Arafat (the godfather of terrorism) the Nobel prize is no longer relevant.
NYDN is a vile, Trump-hating rag.
The worthless elitists who comprise the Nobel committee have forever trashed any semblance of authentic humanitarian accolades the award might have endowed its recipients.
I am confident Trump would reject the award if offered. He does not seek the approval of these reprobates and does not need the money. Let them give their award to Kim jong un, a worthy recipient of their jaded largesse.
By the end of his administration the Trump award for excellence in Constitutional leadership will be the highest honor that can be bestowed upon its recipients.
CONSERVATIVES: "Uhhhhh...wait...what? How is that possible?"
Is this from a real newspaper? There isn’t a hint of objectivity in this article.
Trump ought to win the Nobel Peace Prize, turn it down, and start a Twitter storm on how the Nobel Prize is a hollowed out shell of its former recognition, totally devalued over the years to the point that it is a caricature which means absolutely nothing.
“Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for peace negotiations between Russian and Japan, Woodrow Wilson in 1919 for establishing the League of Nations and Jimmy Carter in 2002 for his lifetime of work in conflict resolution” Obama for... doing what?
Why would Trump want to join that group? He has nothing in common with their philosophy of failure.
Three authors for this "piece". Zero proofreaders.
These our are "betters" lecturing the great unwashed on what to think. The reality is they're ignorant and illiterate.
My dog refuses to crap on the Daily Snooze.
Nobel Peace Prize lost credibility over the years, and the icing on the crap cake was when Obama received it. It means nothing any more.
The Nobel means nothing now. They gave one to Gore for making a bad propaganda film. They gave one to Obama for......even he doesn’t know what since he had only been in office for a couple months and hadn’t done anything. Nobody can respect the Nobel Prize now. Congrats on ruining it for the sake of your hard Left politics Yurps!
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