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Originally Posted by domer2
no it isn't
I confess that I didn't do a deep dive on the proclivities of the individual Committee members. Is it really possible that a committee of Norwegian professors, lawyers, etc., would award Trump the Nobel Peace prize, even if Trump's high-risk strategy of tweeting about the button, the Rocket Man, etc., contributed to a promise from North Korea to pursue denuclearization.
Is there another example of someone who won the prize mainly through brinksmanship. Maybe Arafat and Rabin in the 1990s? Or Kissinger in the 1970s?
As controversial as those people were, I'm not sure any of them were as widely despised by Europeans as I assume Trump is. Maybe I'm wrong.
Last edited by Rococo; 05-03-2018 at 01:53 PM.