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Eugene

(66,410 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:20 PM Thursday

Nobel Committee Member Has Some Really Bad News for Trump's Relentless Prize Push

Source: The Daily Beast

Nobel Committee Member Has Some Really Bad News for Trump’s Relentless Prize Push

Ewan Palmer
Thu, September 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM EDT·3 min read

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.”

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Nobel Committee Member Has Some Really Bad News for Trump's Relentless Prize Push (Original Post) Eugene Thursday OP
As I've said before, Trump will indeed win the Nobel edbermac Thursday #1
Try this Benedict Donald bunny planet Friday #22
And, Anyone with a brain would Cha Thursday #2
And that is the way it should be. Aussie105 Thursday #3
I hope they give it to Joe Biden LyfeTimeDem Thursday #4
Better: "Obama" Grins Thursday #6
Already has one LyfeTimeDem Thursday #8
How bout Kimmel? SSJVegeta Friday #10
Inside that locked room ... Grins Thursday #5
Trump is funding and arming a genocide in Gaza. applegrove Thursday #7
Give him a Peacza ..plain cheese in a cardboard box. chouchou Thursday #9
I think Chump would be happy to buy himself the Nobel Peace Prize FakeNoose Friday #11
But what about the "Noble" Peace Prize LW1977 Friday #12
You have someone like Le Duc Tho EnergizedLib Friday #13
It's all going according to plan Conjuay Friday #20
Translated into donnie level English... rubbersole Friday #14
Trump does not deserve any award and especially does not deserve this award LetMyPeopleVote Friday #15
He'll just plan a trip to Norway and steal one Hassler Friday #16
All he has to do is die BWdem4life Friday #17
Trump's likely preparing his response to losing the award. no_hypocrisy Friday #18
Does anyone in their right mind actually think Trump even remotely has a chance? Tommy Carcetti Friday #19
He's already won the only award they'll ever give him FakeNoose Friday #21

edbermac

(16,342 posts)
1. As I've said before, Trump will indeed win the Nobel
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:27 PM
Thursday

The day he wins the Boston Marathon

bunny planet

(10,881 posts)
22. Try this Benedict Donald
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 11:33 AM
Friday

I know how you can win a Nobel peace prize, make an executive order banning assault weapons for civilians. We have that war you can possibly end, forget about the 7 you’re lying about ending.

Cha

(314,605 posts)
2. And, Anyone with a brain would
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:35 PM
Thursday

know that and not even thinking of fucking campaign for it.

Aussie105

(7,255 posts)
3. And that is the way it should be.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:36 PM
Thursday

The award itself should never be the main aim of any peacemaker.

But Trump won't be happy, he can name a number of peace achievements!
- brought peace and harmony across the land of the US. So much peace, the troops have nothing to do but pick up litter.

- stopped the war between Gondwanaland and Eurasia, a war that has been going on for millennia and was literally tearing the world apart.

- stopped the war between North Eastphalia and South Eastphalia.

- currently working on stopping the wars between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Israel at war with everybody not Israeli.

So credit to Trump, give him that peace prize, ok?
(If only just to shut him up about it.)

Perhaps the committee could make up a special Junior award, engraved 'Nice try, but could do better!' and offer that for sale to Trump as a minimal cost, say US $10B?

LyfeTimeDem

(58 posts)
8. Already has one
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:54 PM
Thursday

giving one to "sleepy Joe" would be saying "Joe is better than he is too" and that would make him lose his mind...

Grins

(8,898 posts)
5. Inside that locked room ...
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:42 PM
Thursday

“Who’s next?”

“Uhhhhh; Trump. Donald. You wouldn’t believe the recommendations. That all appear to have been written by the same person!”

(Room - hold-your-breath deathly silence….). Then

“Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!”

applegrove

(128,361 posts)
7. Trump is funding and arming a genocide in Gaza.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 10:52 PM
Thursday

Nobel not going to happen. Israel was so baited into doing this due to Oct 7 and the hostage crisis that continues. What's Trump's excuse for encouraging ethnic cleansing in transforming Gaza into a Trump resort?

FakeNoose

(38,756 posts)
11. I think Chump would be happy to buy himself the Nobel Peace Prize
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:26 AM
Friday

... that's why I'm very happy they aren't for sale.

EnergizedLib

(2,826 posts)
13. You have someone like Le Duc Tho
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:40 AM
Friday

Who refused the Nobel Peace Prize because fighting in Vietnam hadn’t stopped yet.

Then you have this nitwit who publicly lobbies for one when he hasn’t ended the wars he said he would.

Whatever you feel about past Nobel laureates, nobody, to the best of my knowledge, publicly lobbied for one.

And that speaks volumes.

Conjuay

(2,693 posts)
20. It's all going according to plan
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:51 AM
Friday

Of course he doesn't get it, so he and his lackeys have another grievance to bitch and moan about.
FucksNews can spin this out as the next great outrage and (somehow) turn it into an indictment accusing
NATO, the UN, Zelensky, NATO, Democrats, Biden, NATO... rinse and repeat.

no_hypocrisy

(53,178 posts)
18. Trump's likely preparing his response to losing the award.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:01 AM
Friday

Another distraction from Epstein and to rally MAGA.

Tommy Carcetti

(44,234 posts)
19. Does anyone in their right mind actually think Trump even remotely has a chance?
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:05 AM
Friday

He doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting that award, ever.

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