Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Monday evening that he nominated President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize.
“He forged the Abraham Accords. He’s forging peace as we speak, in one country and one region after the other. So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. It’s nominating you for the peace prize, which is well-deserved,” Netanyahu instructed Trump at a dinner on the White Home, which Netanyahu was visiting because the pair try to search out an finish to Israel’s almost two-year-long battle with Hamas.
Trump has lengthy needed to win a Nobel Prize as a result of former President Barack Obama acquired one. However the prize has eluded Trump, who carries that chip on his shoulder day by day and sometimes rants about it in speeches.
In fact, getting nominated by Netanyahu—who has been charged with alleged battle crimes by the Worldwide Legal Court docket—is unlikely to assist Trump win the prize.
What’s extra, Trump’s actions are fully unworthy of the Nobel, which is awarded to individuals or organizations that “have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses,” in accordance to the Nobel Prize group.
On the world stage, Trump has coddled Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, refusing to punish Putin for mercilessly bombing Ukrainian civilians, and as a substitute blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the battle Putin started.
Trump has additionally known as for what quantities to ethnic cleaning within the Gaza strip, saying Gazans ought to depart in order that the land decimated by Israel’s battle on Hamas will be taken over and redeveloped by the USA.
Trump has additionally supported Israel’s marketing campaign to bomb Iran, and has mentioned he desires to take over Canada and Greenland—which he mentioned he might do by drive if obligatory.
Domestically, Trump’s actions have been even worse. He has illegally deported immigrants to a torture jail in El Salvador. He additionally supported the creation of “Alligator Alcatraz“—an open-air immigration detention jail in Florida which he says will trigger anybody who tries to flee to be eaten by alligators. And Trump fantasizes about torturing inmates in America, saying he desires to reopen the precise Alcatraz jail off the coast of San Francisco in addition to shoot immigrants and protesters.
Protected to say, Netanyahu’s nomination was pure theater—an effort by the Israeli chief to make Trump glad in order that he permits Netanyahu to proceed his battle in opposition to Hamas.
If Trump receives the Nobel, I’ll eat my hat.
