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In reply to the discussion: He is threatening to retaliate if denied the Nobel prize? [View all]GopherGal
(2,642 posts)84. He missed out in 2025...
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"
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If he creates his own version to award to himself I already have a name for it!
SeattleVet
Oct 6
#67
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
That should immediately disqualify him. He can't do anything without cheating or
lostincalifornia
Oct 6
#7
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
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'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
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
George Soros, MacKenzie Scott, Bill & Melinda Gates or the Clinton Foundation would be worthy US recipients.
LonePirate
Oct 6
#78
"Give me the PEACE prize or else I'm going to kill somebody -- maybe a lot of people."
Bluetus
Oct 6
#79
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