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question everything

(51,163 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:52 AM Oct 6

He is threatening to retaliate if denied the Nobel prize?

According to Reuters, (Finance Minister) Stoltenberg was walking down a street in Oslo when the unexpected call came through. Out of the blue, Trump launched into a discussion about trade and tariffs before shifting to a more personal request. He told the finance minister that he wanted the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade awarded by Norway that has previously gone to four U.S. presidents. Trump has had a long-standing fascination with the award and believes that he has earned it through his foreign policy achievements.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-dangles-tariff-threat-while-begging-norway-for-nobel-peace-prize/ar-AA1KBz5I

I just read about how stopping USAID is killing children in Africa.

The abrupt freeze of billions in U.S. foreign aid has fractured decades of global health and development work. Programs for HIV, malaria, and maternal health have stalled, tens of thousands of skilled professionals lost jobs, and U.S. nonprofits cut deeply into their staff.

The impact reaches beyond vulnerable communities to U.S. influence, security, and American livelihoods.


https://www.newsweek.com/fallout-dismantling-usaid-10832387

I hope that someone will alert the Nobel committee that such actions are not worthy of any prize

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He is threatening to retaliate if denied the Nobel prize? (Original Post) question everything Oct 6 OP
Trump has no chance at the Nobel Peace Prize VMA131Marine Oct 6 #1
I think it would be apropos if Mr. Evil Oct 6 #42
Or Biden johnnyplankton Oct 6 #90
That would also Mr. Evil Oct 6 #93
Joe Biden did MORE for World Peace than TACO has done. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 7 #116
Great idea !!!!!!!!!!!!! popsdenver Oct 6 #98
Based on twenty years residency in homegirl Oct 6 #46
If he creates his own version to award to himself I already have a name for it! SeattleVet Oct 6 #67
Clever question everything Oct 6 #85
Nice prize ya got there .... UpInArms Oct 6 #2
LOL leftstreet Oct 6 #3
Trump is quite capable of harming anyone who does not give him what he wants. Irish_Dem Oct 6 #4
Simply put, BidenRocks Oct 6 #25
Bush will not speak up against dumpie KS Toronado Oct 6 #45
I think Bush has his own dementia issues... Shipwack Oct 6 #68
Bush is a long time serious alcoholic, also cocaine abuser. Irish_Dem Oct 6 #73
I had that same thought while he was still president Skittles Oct 6 #105
I know what you mean. ShazzieB Oct 7 #109
+1 million Celerity Oct 6 #71
He's so jealous President Obama and VP Gore have received one kimbutgar Oct 6 #5
Lie to him the way he lies to everyone on the planet malaise Oct 6 #44
Love your idea! KS Toronado Oct 6 #48
LOL malaise Oct 6 #51
Oh, boy, that would be sooo sweet. Joinfortmill Oct 6 #103
And Carter, too, of course. BadgerMom Oct 6 #94
Just tell him no. It'll never happen to a person with 34 convictions, 2 impeachments and a rape charge. nt Hotler Oct 6 #6
A rape conviction, not just a charge. tblue37 Oct 6 #53
That should immediately disqualify him. He can't do anything without cheating or lostincalifornia Oct 6 #7
Trump is the weakest man who ever lived. Period. -misanthroptimist Oct 6 #8
If he and his reign of terror had been submitted as a book proposal niyad Oct 6 #18
Friday, October 10: This years Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced. Buns_of_Fire Oct 6 #9
Actually popsdenver Oct 6 #32
Breaking News; Nobel Pizza Prize Awarded usonian Oct 6 #10
I ALWAYS have anchovies on my pizza 😋 BamaRefugee Oct 6 #14
You may have mine. BidenRocks Oct 6 #26
Those little fishy things are wonderful. 3Hotdogs Oct 6 #34
I LOVE anchovies on my pizza! GiqueCee Oct 6 #60
I wonder if all those people who use Worcestershire sauce realize tavernier Oct 6 #70
Interesting. Did not know that.. Really does not matter question everything Oct 6 #87
Yep! BamaRefugee Oct 7 #110
Regarding "peace" ... no way is the USA a peaceful nation now. ananda Oct 6 #11
No peaceful nation popsdenver Oct 6 #30
He'll probably order the bombing of Oslo. Vinca Oct 6 #12
You beat me to it! I had the same thought. CTyankee Oct 6 #66
"Give me the Nobel Peace Prize or I'll start a war!" Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 7 #108
He'll send the national guard to Norway. PSPS Oct 6 #13
Give him the No Bell Piece Prize Yonnie3 Oct 6 #15
What Trump fails to understand genxlib Oct 6 #16
Or Wangari Maathai, who, unlike mother theresa, did not associate with niyad Oct 6 #19
The prize is not awarded by the government of Norway cojoel Oct 6 #17
Why? Here whatever I say they comply regardless of who appointed them question everything Oct 6 #24
They need a no bull committee to decide the Nobel prize. BattleRow Oct 6 #62
Trump would kill for a Nobel Peace prize edbermac Oct 6 #20
He has. lastlib Oct 6 #33
Scammer pedofelon wants the million that comes with it. Justice matters. Oct 6 #21
Enough is never enough. I call it malignant greed. Trust_Reality Oct 6 #38
Easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle IbogaProject Oct 6 #22
Trump thinks that if he gets the Nobel Peace Prize, God will let him into heaven after he dies. That's why he's so Fil1957 Oct 6 #23
So, he is trying to position himself to negotiate with god? Trust_Reality Oct 6 #36
Mango Mussolini has his eternal life all in order.. Permanut Oct 6 #106
So, Oct 10, his dream dies? vanlassie Oct 7 #111
Norway should invite him over swong19104 Oct 6 #27
Norwegian prisons are pretty nice, as prisons go. Ocelot II Oct 6 #41
Norwegians won't like having Turbineguy Oct 6 #28
Make him a new prize Nasruddin Oct 6 #29
Another strategy Nasruddin Oct 6 #31
He's already won the only "Prize" he'll ever get FakeNoose Oct 6 #59
Name it the Hillary Clinton Prize COL Mustard Oct 6 #76
Request, extort, negotiate for a Peace Prize? Trust_Reality Oct 6 #35
His deeds are the embodiment of anti-peace. GoodRaisin Oct 6 #37
Leaked: PCIntern Oct 6 #39
I will give him a prize when he dies ..... I will pee on his grave. Trueblue1968 Oct 6 #40
The Nobel Committee doesn't like influence campaigns. Ocelot II Oct 6 #43
I said in a couple of similar threads that the only prize he is worthy of... 3catwoman3 Oct 6 #47
That'd fit! calimary Oct 6 #82
Here, here! applegrove Oct 6 #49
Send in the National Guard! Sweden is burning up, fires everywhere! jeffreyi Oct 6 #50
The Peace Prize is awarded from Norway, not Sweden. Ocelot II Oct 6 #52
Doesn't matter durablend Oct 6 #75
Hey, we didn't give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ! We're not giving up now ! nt eppur_se_muova Oct 6 #86
I see what you did there. love_katz Oct 6 #96
Oopsie. jeffreyi Oct 6 #91
Honestly, The Nobel committee should give him one Mr.WeRP Oct 6 #54
Senile Gangster North Coast Lawyer Oct 6 #55
The Ig-Nobel is available. Mblaze Oct 6 #56
He missed out in 2025... GopherGal Oct 6 #84
Old news. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #57
Might be worthy... GiqueCee Oct 6 #58
What's he going to do, bomb Norway? Wicked Blue Oct 6 #61
I'm sure that attacking one's own people and murdering random Venezuelan fishermen is disqualifying. OMGWTF Oct 6 #63
The Nobel committee loves killing suspected drug runners in international waters without due process. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 6 #64
What he's gonna get is surprise from the Hague. Joinfortmill Oct 6 #104
If he promises to exile himself to somewhere like St. Helena.... bluestateboomer Oct 6 #65
He should apply for the Noble Piece of Shit Prize. (eom) GreenWave Oct 6 #69
He could probably win the Ignoble POS prize. But, a peace prize for a guy who calls out troups to attack his own people patphil Oct 6 #72
He wished for a Purple Heart Zackzzzz Oct 6 #74
The only way he gets that prize if the decision goes to SCOTUS! Scalded Nun Oct 6 #77
George Soros, MacKenzie Scott, Bill & Melinda Gates or the Clinton Foundation would be worthy US recipients. LonePirate Oct 6 #78
Jimmy Carter won in 2000. Another thorn in his side question everything Oct 6 #88
"Give me the PEACE prize or else I'm going to kill somebody -- maybe a lot of people." Bluetus Oct 6 #79
Nope! Beowulf42 Oct 6 #80
And Greenland from the Danes. Frasier Balzov Oct 6 #81
Well, I've heard from *multiple* *highly placed* sources that PUTIN was the lone holdout vote who blocked it ! eppur_se_muova Oct 6 #83
Trumphf Deserves Nothing But JAIL Time! electric_blue68 Oct 6 #89
Don't cave Nobel Committee! Clouds Passing Oct 6 #92
If there was an anti-peace prize ThoughtCriminal Oct 6 #95
Well, he's successfully threatened or EXTORTED B.See Oct 6 #97
There is one award I'd like Trump to get. Aussie105 Oct 6 #99
Unfortunately he's already polluted the gene pool with Eric and Don Jr., Ocelot II Oct 7 #118
The Hague will probablty be awarding him something before long AdamGG Oct 6 #100
Go ahead and retaliate. Try and fuck up the whole world Klarkashton Oct 6 #101
Ha! He'll get that when hell freezes over. Joinfortmill Oct 6 #102
The last 4 presidents, so W got one? Wow. C Moon Oct 6 #107
Not the last 4 - Presidents who got them are T. Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter, and Obama. Ocelot II Oct 7 #117
"Gimme the Peace Prize or I'll bomb you all." NameAlreadyTaken Oct 7 #112
If the Orange Buffoon is ever.... flying-skeleton Oct 7 #113
There are lots of other prizes he could get... ihaveaquestion Oct 7 #114
What About the Nobel Piece of Sh*t Prize? Trump Truly Deserves That! panfluteman Oct 7 #115
Well, Hitler was once considered for the Prize after the Munich accords. NNadir Oct 7 #119

VMA131Marine

(5,101 posts)
1. Trump has no chance at the Nobel Peace Prize
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:55 AM
Oct 6

Zip, Nada, Nil.

His only way to get a prize would be to start his own and make it so that he wins … just like with the golf tournaments he hosts.

Mr. Evil

(3,399 posts)
42. I think it would be apropos if
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:42 PM
Oct 6

Greta Thunberg was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. That would really bust his gut.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,324 posts)
116. Joe Biden did MORE for World Peace than TACO has done.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 10:30 AM
Oct 7

As well as tranquility within this country.

popsdenver

(648 posts)
98. Great idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:02 PM
Oct 6

A friend of mine was just awarded a large gold medallion Nobel Peace Award for his work with the Hague and U.N........

Surely the Nobel Peace folks can send her one of those at least.............

homegirl

(1,877 posts)
46. Based on twenty years residency in
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:51 PM
Oct 6

Scandinavia I can definitively comment that Donald Trump will NEVER receive a Nobel Peace, or any Prize.

SeattleVet

(5,764 posts)
67. If he creates his own version to award to himself I already have a name for it!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:22 PM
Oct 6

"The No-Balls Piss Prize"

BidenRocks

(2,376 posts)
25. Simply put,
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:13 PM
Oct 6

That makes him a terrorist.

Given his penchant for destruction, right there with al Queda and Hamas with a side of McVeigh and Kaczinski thrown in.

DHS was created to stop terrorists.

Speak up Bush! This was YOUR onerous idea!

KS Toronado

(21,560 posts)
45. Bush will not speak up against dumpie
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:51 PM
Oct 6

until the tide turns against him. When the majority of elected Rs start saying NO to
dumpie, only then will Bush speak up. Bush is scared of how dumpie would retaliate
against him.

Shipwack

(2,879 posts)
68. I think Bush has his own dementia issues...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:25 PM
Oct 6

Not to be mean or anything (as justified as it may be), but I have a suspicion that he checked out a while ago.

Irish_Dem

(76,245 posts)
73. Bush is a long time serious alcoholic, also cocaine abuser.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:48 PM
Oct 6

I think he has had alcohol related dementia now for some time.

ShazzieB

(21,777 posts)
109. I know what you mean.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 12:18 AM
Oct 7

I haven't been paying close attention, but I know that rumor has been making the rounds for a while, and it wouldn't surprise me if it's true.

kimbutgar

(26,246 posts)
5. He's so jealous President Obama and VP Gore have received one
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:04 PM
Oct 6

The only award he should get is condemnation by The Hague for crimes against against humanity,

malaise

(290,141 posts)
44. Lie to him the way he lies to everyone on the planet
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:48 PM
Oct 6

Let him show up for the award and arrest him for war crimes against those dead Venezuelan fishermen.

Hotler

(13,493 posts)
6. Just tell him no. It'll never happen to a person with 34 convictions, 2 impeachments and a rape charge. nt
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:07 PM
Oct 6

-misanthroptimist

(1,463 posts)
8. Trump is the weakest man who ever lived. Period.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:10 PM
Oct 6

I still can't believe he's real. If he were a fictional character, I'd think the author went way over the line in creating an insecure villain.

Trump wants to be admired...but doesn't want to do the hard work and self-discipline necessary to be admired. But he'll be happy with the mere trappings of accomplishment.

niyad

(127,889 posts)
18. If he and his reign of terror had been submitted as a book proposal
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:43 PM
Oct 6

in fiction, no publisher would have even considered it, except perhaps in the science fantasy genre set on another world. Fiction has to bear some relation to plausible reality.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,834 posts)
9. Friday, October 10: This years Nobel Peace Prize winner is announced.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:22 PM
Oct 6

Saturday, October 11: Lord Pissypants announces new 5000% tariffs against all Scandinavian countries.

usonian

(21,474 posts)
10. Breaking News; Nobel Pizza Prize Awarded
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:32 PM
Oct 6


Created by a paisano, so no ethnic slur.
And I like anchovy pizza,
So I can have it all to myself!

Buon Giorno!

BamaRefugee

(3,866 posts)
14. I ALWAYS have anchovies on my pizza 😋
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:39 PM
Oct 6

And I'm Scottish.
People don't know what they're missing out on. Those who've been to Italy and think the food is so good don't realize how many things have anchovies in ithem, which gives it that Italian umami.

tavernier

(14,008 posts)
70. I wonder if all those people who use Worcestershire sauce realize
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:41 PM
Oct 6

that it contains anchovies.

ananda

(33,606 posts)
11. Regarding "peace" ... no way is the USA a peaceful nation now.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:35 PM
Oct 6

The attacks on boats from Venezuela alone,
notwithstanding the attacks on our own people,
make Trump deserving of nothing but contempt
and impeachment.

popsdenver

(648 posts)
30. No peaceful nation
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:23 PM
Oct 6

Renames the Dept. of Defense............the Dept. of War...............

I can hardly wait until Trump encounters the situation that Putin currently faces.........Putin cannot go to a number of countries without being arrested and sent to the Hague for crimes against humanity, as well as criminal acts covered under the Geneva Convention...........

One violation in particular was when Putin supplied outlawed chemical weapons, for his bestest buddy Asad in Syria, to drop on Syria towns.................killing every baby, child, women and men in entire towns........giving them all a horrific death from the chemicals.......(The Hague and U.N. investigated this, and has un-disputable evidence.....)

genxlib

(6,013 posts)
16. What Trump fails to understand
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:41 PM
Oct 6

Is that the Peace Prize is rarely about stopping a war.

The vast majority of the time, it is about humanitarian efforts and human rights.

For every Kissenger there are about five Mother Theresa types.

He will never understand the distinction which is why he is fundamentally ineligible.

niyad

(127,889 posts)
19. Or Wangari Maathai, who, unlike mother theresa, did not associate with
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:47 PM
Oct 6

scum like charles keating, so far as I recall.

cojoel

(1,011 posts)
17. The prize is not awarded by the government of Norway
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 12:43 PM
Oct 6

The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is appointed by the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament), but operates independently from the Government. Committee members are selected for six year terms.

Trump is barking up the wrong tree (which is often the case with Trump).

lastlib

(26,867 posts)
33. He has.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:30 PM
Oct 6

By cutting off aid to UN refugee programs, and supporting the blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, thousands of innocent war victims have surely died. Same with USAID to African nations in need.

Justice matters.

(8,997 posts)
21. Scammer pedofelon wants the million that comes with it.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:00 PM
Oct 6

For free.

Enough is never enough.

If he doesn't get it, he'll order another fishing boat murderous blast.

IbogaProject

(5,171 posts)
22. Easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:01 PM
Oct 6

To quote a book he and his followers like to wave around while breaching all of its ethical suggestions.

Fil1957

(271 posts)
23. Trump thinks that if he gets the Nobel Peace Prize, God will let him into heaven after he dies. That's why he's so
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:09 PM
Oct 6

obsessed about it. According to him, no prize equals no afterlife.

Trust_Reality

(2,250 posts)
36. So, he is trying to position himself to negotiate with god?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:35 PM
Oct 6

His brain functions in a most astonishing manner.

Permanut

(7,639 posts)
106. Mango Mussolini has his eternal life all in order..
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:46 PM
Oct 6

He'll be spending it with Pat Robertson, James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and other "Christians" who died rich.

swong19104

(537 posts)
27. Norway should invite him over
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:20 PM
Oct 6

then stick his ass in the same prison as Andrrs Brevik. Brevik killed about 110 people. Dumpf has killed well over several million.

Ocelot II

(127,761 posts)
41. Norwegian prisons are pretty nice, as prisons go.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:41 PM
Oct 6

Leavenworth would be a better fit. Or maybe CECOT in El Salvador.

Nasruddin

(1,127 posts)
29. Make him a new prize
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:22 PM
Oct 6

He has to match Obama, but even better if he exceeds him.
So create a new prize, something like Nobel World Citizen, tell him it's beyond all the other prizes, and award it to him.
As long as he remains in power.

Just keep awarding it year after year until he's no longer relevant, then discontinue.

Nasruddin

(1,127 posts)
31. Another strategy
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:24 PM
Oct 6

Award the Nobel Peace Prize to Stephen Miller.
The fallout from this will definitely increase world peace.

Trust_Reality

(2,250 posts)
35. Request, extort, negotiate for a Peace Prize?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:32 PM
Oct 6

I am trying to imagine if there are any words in any language sufficient to characterize that behavior.

PCIntern

(27,699 posts)
39. Leaked:
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:37 PM
Oct 6

Joint prize awarded to Clinton, Obama, and Biden. Special Honorary mention to Kamala Harris.

Ocelot II

(127,761 posts)
43. The Nobel Committee doesn't like influence campaigns.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:44 PM
Oct 6
Donald Trump’s open pining for a Nobel Peace Prize may actually damage the president’s chances of ever being awarded the prestigious honor and the $1 million that comes with it.

While not mentioning the president by name, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said that “influence campaigns” are more likely to have “a negative effect than a positive one” when the panel decides who gets the annual award.

“Some candidates push for it really hard and we do not like it,” Toje told Reuters. “We are used to work in a locked room without being attempted to be influenced. It is hard enough as it is to reach an agreement among ourselves, without having more people trying to influence us.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/nobel-committee-member-really-bad-143458748.html

3catwoman3

(27,928 posts)
47. I said in a couple of similar threads that the only prize he is worthy of...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 01:53 PM
Oct 6

...is the (Ig)Noble Piece Of Shit prize.

He is such an embarrassment to the US, and to the human race in general.

calimary

(88,088 posts)
82. That'd fit!
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:56 PM
Oct 6

He’s trying to force being “chosen” for what may be the most prestigious award imaginable.

How pathetic is that? Calling one of the key people to “place an order”.

He’s the LAST person on this planet to be even ON the same planet with the rest of humanity.

Mr.WeRP

(989 posts)
54. Honestly, The Nobel committee should give him one
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:10 PM
Oct 6

Make one drawn on paper in Sharpie marker along with a Trump Coin made out of lead with “1 million Trump dollars” written on it.

Then when he is given this award and asked to come up to receive it, everyone talks baby talk to him in congratulations…

“Look evweewon! Teump finaweee got his wewaaard. Yaaaay!”

And then immediately turn off his mic as everyone laughs at him.

North Coast Lawyer

(215 posts)
55. Senile Gangster
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:11 PM
Oct 6

Trump is nothing but a deluded senile geriatric gangster brazenly trying to shake down those he perceives as opponents. With each passing day the United States becomes more of a laughing stock.

GopherGal

(2,645 posts)
84. He missed out in 2025...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:20 PM
Oct 6

but already holds one from 2020:

Medical Education: Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, Narendra Modi of India, Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Donald Trump of the United States, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan, for using the COVID-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can. The announcement noted that this is the second time Lukashenko won the prize (the first time was in 2013).


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ig_Nobel_Prize_winners]

The 2025 Peace Prize Winner (awarded 18 Sep 2025):
Peace: Fritz Renner, Inge Kersbergen, Matt Field, and Jessica Werthmann, for "showing that drinking alcohol sometimes improves a person's ability to speak in a foreign language".


But also we can't rule out that he may have been involved in this 2025 Ig-Nobel-winning study:
Psychology: Marcin Zajenkowski and Gilles Gignac, for "investigating what happens when you tell narcissists — or anyone else — that they are intelligent"


Ms. Toad

(37,885 posts)
57. Old news.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:20 PM
Oct 6

This came out about a month ago when he was trying to extort a prize in exchange for favorable tariffs.

GiqueCee

(2,909 posts)
58. Might be worthy...
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:29 PM
Oct 6

... of a booby prize in recognition of his insufferable narcissism, or maybe his staggering stupidity. Then, of course, there's his world record for mendacity... oh, the list goes on, and on, and on, and... I need a drink.

OMGWTF

(4,930 posts)
63. I'm sure that attacking one's own people and murdering random Venezuelan fishermen is disqualifying.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 02:54 PM
Oct 6

patphil

(8,355 posts)
72. He could probably win the Ignoble POS prize. But, a peace prize for a guy who calls out troups to attack his own people
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:44 PM
Oct 6

That's not going to get a Nobel Prize.

Zackzzzz

(165 posts)
74. He wished for a Purple Heart
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 03:52 PM
Oct 6

and now he has a drawer full.

That worked.

Maybe he will be 'gifted' a Nobel Prize.

LonePirate

(14,251 posts)
78. George Soros, MacKenzie Scott, Bill & Melinda Gates or the Clinton Foundation would be worthy US recipients.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 04:29 PM
Oct 6

Perhaps a posthumous award to Jimmy Carter for his work to eliminate the guinea worm.

question everything

(51,163 posts)
88. Jimmy Carter won in 2000. Another thorn in his side
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:45 PM
Oct 6

Prize motivation: “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2002/carter/facts/

eppur_se_muova

(40,309 posts)
83. Well, I've heard from *multiple* *highly placed* sources that PUTIN was the lone holdout vote who blocked it !
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 05:12 PM
Oct 6

"Putin blockerar Trumps nominering till världens högsta utmärkelse" .... oooops, now I've lost that highly secure email. Sometimes that happens.

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that AS LONG AS PUTIN IS ALIVE, Turnip will never win the Nobel Prize in any catagory. If you don't believe me, check with any source in US government you know.

I've done multiple online searches on this, and they all seem to be *suspiciously* blocked -- even Snopes is in on it !

Aussie105

(7,299 posts)
99. There is one award I'd like Trump to get.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:21 PM
Oct 6

The Darwin award.

"The Darwin Awards honor individuals who contribute to human evolution by removing themselves from the gene pool through their own foolish actions, often resulting in death or sterilization."

We can stretch the reasons why, can't we?
Posthumous, of course!

Ocelot II

(127,761 posts)
118. Unfortunately he's already polluted the gene pool with Eric and Don Jr.,
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:40 AM
Oct 7

who have also reproduced. The bloodline will survive, I'm afraid.

Klarkashton

(4,337 posts)
101. Go ahead and retaliate. Try and fuck up the whole world
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:54 PM
Oct 6

You lousy felon bastard. Try ALL your shit.
This govt is dead. You are nothing.

Ocelot II

(127,761 posts)
117. Not the last 4 - Presidents who got them are T. Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter, and Obama.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:38 AM
Oct 7

VPs Charles Dawes and Al Gore also got awards. Carter got his long after his presidency for work with the Carter Center.

flying-skeleton

(777 posts)
113. If the Orange Buffoon is ever....
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 02:43 AM
Oct 7

If the Orange Buffoon is EVER awarded the Nobel prize for anything, the Nobel prize will lose it's reputation FOREVER‼️

ihaveaquestion

(4,180 posts)
114. There are lots of other prizes he could get...
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 08:46 AM
Oct 7

List from the Ig Nobel Prize wikipedia article ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize#See_also

Golden Raspberry Awards – awards for bad movies
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest – an award for bad writing
Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year – an award for books with unusual titles
Pigasus Award – exposing parapsychological, paranormal, or psychic frauds
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119. Well, Hitler was once considered for the Prize after the Munich accords.
Tue Oct 7, 2025, 11:48 AM
Oct 7

The Prize would be cheapened irretrievably if given to a violent, uneducated, racist thig.

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