Politics When is Trump going to get his Nobel prize?

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Is he going to get anxious and buy a medallion from a previous winner?

    When is he going to get it? And don't tell me any day now.

    I think we all agree he deserves a prize and I know where he should stick it.
     
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    I think the Nobel Prize has lost its luster.
     
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    ^^^based on what?
     
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    Well IMO it's never seemed to make much sense, a "peace prize" named after a wartime arms dealer. The Nobels were also the oil barons of Europe at one time. Really just not great folks.
     
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    That would suggest that it never had luster, rather than it has lost it.

    My guess is that Nobel regretted his contribution to the war effort and the prize was a way to atone.

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    ...well, the fact that Alfred Nobel who was a scientist, even created the awards of which there are a total of 6, should say something in general about his goodwill.
     
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    Good guess. That is how the story goes.
     
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    Naw he didn't win it so it's not worth winning now. Terrible prize, probably the worst in history.
     
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    So much not winning! You'll get tired of not winning!

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    Alfred Nobel saw the horrors that TNT could bring and decided to include peace with his six other prizes.

    Don't forget, TNT was developed for construction blasting as in road building and other construction projects. It's use in war was not his idea.

    I find it perfectly natural and understandable why Alfred came up with a peace prize.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    He'll probably buy one to display on his fireplace mantle from a destitute prior winner.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    ...lol.
     
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    Stalin was nominated for a Nobel Prize. Anything is possible.
     
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    ^^^...so were Hitler, Mussolini, Putin, and Trump...and none of them actually won.
     
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    I don't know about the others but Trump was not nominated. Some bunch of dufus Republicans sent a letter suggesting Trump should get the peace prize. I'm sure the committee had a good laugh and rejected the suggestion.
     
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    Well Knute Hamson won the award and he became a Nazi, even gave Goebbels his medal. Surprised they didn't take it back.
     
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    ...yes, actually he was...along with about a 100 other people who had no chance of winning...but he was nominated.


    https://www.google.com/search?q=trump nominated for nobel peace prize&oq=trump nominated for nobel&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j69i60l2j0l2.15198j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
     
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