The All Things Political Topic - SNAFU edition

[Zoraptor]

Oh no, Trump didn't get the peace prize. How sad, I'm sure there will be no intemperate toy tossing from the big orange baby.

The Committee really is an absolute joke though. Not quite a Kissinger/ Obama tier pick, but we did for a brief and glorious period have Machado's well cited support for foreign armed intervention in Venezuela and the Nobel citation for 'peaceful transition' literally adjacent on her wikipedia page (before, inevitably, a power user came in and removed the former while Protecting the edit).

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Zoraptor

[uuuhhii]

seem like usa are really pushing that regime change at venezuela

 

[rjshae]

6 hours ago, Zoraptor said:

Oh no, Trump didn't get the peace prize. How sad, I'm sure there will be no intemperate toy tossing from the big orange baby.

Apparently one reason he didn't win is that he campaigned for it so hard. 

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The Nobel Committee awards the Peace Prize to leaders who champion "arms control and disarmament, peace negotiation, democracy and human rights, and work aimed at creating a better organized and more peaceful world," according to its website.

Does that sound like Trump? Not really. Yes he has been involved in peace negotiation, while attacking unarmed boats in the caribbean. He certainly hasn't made the world better organized; quite the opposite. His efforts with regards to democracy and human rights have been sadly lacking. I'm not aware of any arms control efforts.