https://jeffjacoby.com/28785/trump-and-the-not-so-noble-nobel
Trump and the not-so-noble Nobel
by Jeff Jacoby — August 19, 2025
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Which is why it’s futile to get worked up over the Trump boomlet. If Oslo decides to indulge his lobbying and flatter his vanity, it will not mean he deserves the accolade any more than Obama deserved his prize in 2009 or Arafat his in 1994. It will mean only that the Nobel committee has once again done what it so often does: confused politics with principle. Trump’s critics will rage, his admirers will gloat, and history will judge the man by what he actually does, not by what the Norwegians proclaim. In the end, cynicism is the only sensible response to the Nobel Peace Prize.
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At the risk of “pile-ing on”, I agree that BHO44, and whole host of others, don’t deserve what has become a “political powder puff”.
AI sourced a snarky quote about the French Revolution:
Ah, the French Revolution—proof that sometimes it takes a century or two to realize that chopping off heads doesn’t always lead to a better government. But hey, at least they had a great time with the guillotine!”
Wish it could have given the source.
Why don’t we see the “clay feet” of these supposedly great “peaceful” characters?
Maybe we just don’t give enough time for history to weigh in on their “achievements” or lack of them.
Maybe like saints, we need a devil’s advocate to mount an adversarial position.
I think most politicians and bureaucrats would be found “lacking”.
The last fellow I thought deserved recognition was Schindler as portrayed in the movie. They are few and far between.
Sigh!
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