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Ocelot II

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36. The joint award to Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973 was very controversial
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 01:27 PM
Sep 25

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 Trump’s open pining for a Nobel Peace Prize may actually damage the president’s 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.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/nobel-committee-member-has-some-really-bad-news-for-donald-trumps-relentless-prize-push/

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Oh surely it's going to be Trump, he did just end what, 11 wars? LoL Meadowoak Sep 25 #1
111 misanthrope Sep 25 #4
Is it up to 11 now? Ocelot II Sep 25 #6
It counts triple misanthrope Sep 25 #38
Now that's impressive. Said no one ever. Meadowoak Sep 26 #48
I hope it's Joe Biden dweller Sep 25 #2
Hope so too. Meadowoak Sep 25 #5
That would be just too delicious. And Joe deserves it too, staying peaceful in the face of all this hostility. Walleye Sep 25 #27
Probably not, but that would be Hilarious!!! electric_blue68 Sep 25 #47
They could give it to Biden. Or Gavin Newsom. Or Obama again ms liberty Sep 25 #3
And hopefully Jilly_in_VA Sep 25 #7
Until his UN speech I hadn't heard them talking about it much recently underpants Sep 25 #8
Keep the ketchup locked up! NT Happy Hoosier Sep 25 #9
I was thinking the same thing Bayard Sep 25 #28
The bright side of this is... Hugin Sep 25 #10
Well, Trump did stop the gigantic war between Canada and Australia. chouchou Sep 25 #11
There was also the Narnia incursion... Hugin Sep 25 #17
The "War President" is going to be disappointed. usonian Sep 25 #12
Maybe he will get a different Nobel for his work in pediatrics and autism newdeal2 Sep 25 #13
Post removed Post removed Sep 25 #14
Tyler Robinson is a murderer. Charlie Kirk was a troll but murder is murder. Ocelot II Sep 25 #16
World Central Kitchen, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, OXFAM, etc Ping Tung Sep 25 #15
Anybody who begs for or demands the prize should be automatically disqualified. Ocelot II Sep 25 #18
He should've renamed the defense department, the department of peace. Walleye Sep 25 #31
Exactly, since they can put the money to good use Walleye Sep 25 #30
When does the Traildogbob Sep 25 #19
October 10. That's what this thread is about. Ocelot II Sep 25 #20
You missed my whole point Traildogbob Sep 25 #21
My bad. Ocelot II Sep 25 #23
We could let him Traildogbob Sep 25 #24
Maybe they'll give him a participation trophy to shut him up. Ocelot II Sep 25 #25
Infused with some Traildogbob Sep 25 #26
You didn't read the news? Tommy Carcetti Sep 25 #45
I DID miss that. Traildogbob Sep 25 #46
Really tough year for Peace. maxsolomon Sep 25 #22
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
It won't go that far, although the scenario is interesting, to say the least, Ocelot II Sep 25 #34
He better not tariff Akvavit! BamaRefugee Sep 25 #37
That stuff will put hair on your chest. Ocelot II Sep 25 #39
My family is directly descended from Danish Vikings so I've had a lot of it. BamaRefugee Sep 25 #40
I have a bottle of the stuff, which I have used very carefully. Ocelot II Sep 25 #42
might need to be reclassified as a drug BamaRefugee Sep 25 #43
I wouldn't bet the house it won't be him. meadowlander Sep 25 #32
The joint award to Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973 was very controversial Ocelot II Sep 25 #36
Bingo BamaRefugee Sep 25 #41
Both Norway and the country the winner is from are going to have an orange headache... RockRaven Sep 25 #35
Chef Jose Andres and World Central Kitchen, please. Tommy Carcetti Sep 25 #44
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