“I would get a Nobel Prize for a lot of things, if they give it out fairly, which they don't,” Trump told reporters
The pacifist-in-chief. Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images Shortly before meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for a sidebar at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, President Trump accused yet another esteemed organization of bias against him, claiming that he would have already won a Nobel Peace Prize if the selection committee wasn’t rigged.
That may be true in the president’s mind, where saying a thing is done is equivalent to actually completing the task. But in actual negotiations, grading the president’s performance as “extremely good” would require a serious curve. In North Korea, despite his “special bond” with dictator Kim Jong-Un, there has been no real progress on a denuclearization deal, and Pyongyang is still dabbling in short-range missile tests.
Despite this underwhelming report card, Trump has continually pushed for the high humanitarian honor. In February, the White House “informally” requested that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, and in April, Trump allies began repeating the narrative that Trump should be a shoe-in for the award.
Like so many of the president’s actions — rescinding the Clean Power Plan, leaving the Paris climate agreement, ditching the Iran deal — Trump’s need for international humanitarian recognition is driven by the legacy of his predecessor. “They gave one to Obama immediately upon his ascent to the presidency,” Trump told reporters on Monday, referring to the largely symbolic and not-exactly-prescient Nobel Peace Prize given to president 44 less than nine months into his term.
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