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In reply to the discussion: Two weeks from tomorrow, October 10, is when the Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced, [View all]Ocelot II
(128,038 posts)36. The joint award to Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973 was very controversial
and a huge embarrassment for the committee, two of whose members resigned in protest. Le Duc Tho refused the award and Kissinger eventually tried to return it. I doubt the committee, obviously consisting of different people now, want a reprise of that debacle. And apparently they are already taking a dim view of Trump's pressure campaign:
Donald Trumps open pining for a Nobel Peace Prize may actually damage the presidents chances of ever being awarded the prestigious honor and the $1 million that comes with it.
While not mentioning the president by name, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said that influence campaigns are more likely to have a negative effect than a positive one when the panel decides who gets the annual award.
Some candidates push for it really hard and we do not like it, Toje told Reuters. We are used to work in a locked room without being attempted to be influenced. It is hard enough as it is to reach an agreement among ourselves, without having more people trying to influence us.
While not mentioning the president by name, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said that influence campaigns are more likely to have a negative effect than a positive one when the panel decides who gets the annual award.
Some candidates push for it really hard and we do not like it, Toje told Reuters. We are used to work in a locked room without being attempted to be influenced. It is hard enough as it is to reach an agreement among ourselves, without having more people trying to influence us.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-committee-member-has-some-really-bad-news-for-donald-trumps-relentless-prize-push/
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Two weeks from tomorrow, October 10, is when the Nobel Peace Prize winner will be announced, [View all]
Ocelot II
Sep 25
OP
That would be just too delicious. And Joe deserves it too, staying peaceful in the face of all this hostility.
Walleye
Sep 25
#27
Anybody who begs for or demands the prize should be automatically disqualified.
Ocelot II
Sep 25
#18
If he doesn't win, Norway, better be prepared for a military invasion. Sweden too since that's where Nobel was from.
BamaRefugee
Sep 25
#29
I was thinking, maybe he will start blowing Norwegian fishing boats out of the water
Walleye
Sep 25
#33