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MineralMan

(149,938 posts)
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 11:11 AM Friday

Nobody Wins the Nobel Peace Prize [View all]

It is not a contest. Potential recipients are not questioned by the committee. Many people can nominate someone for the award, but that does not make any of the nominees a contestant. There is no contest.

Rather, the Nobel Committee considers the actions and work of people around the world. What has a person done to promote peace and diplomacy? How has the person overcome challenges to help pacify a dangerous situation? Has a person demonstrated a true desire for world peace? Is a person someone who has dedicated his or her life to promote a peaceful world?

Questions like that. The committee doesn't communicate with a potential awardee. Instead it looks at the accomplishments of those under consideration. Then, it makes its choice. Then, that choice is made public and the recipient is notified.

Donald J. Trump, I'm certain, was never really considered for the 2025 Peace Prize. Nominated, but not considered by the committee. Indeed, his accomplishments are more against peace than for it. He is totally unqualified for such an award.

He did not lose the Nobel Peace Prize. Nobody loses it. He was not awarded that prize. It's that simple.

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From Wikipedia: Four US Presidents Have Received the Nobel Peace Prize MineralMan Friday #1
Jimmy Carter has been the best recipient of my lifetime... ananda Friday #23
Agreed! MineralMan Friday #24
He wanted it, he coveted it, and he was denied it. Then he lost it. Ketchup cleanup time! Blues Heron Friday #2
Mr. Webster disagrees with your definition of "win." Gore1FL Friday #3
I think you missed MineralMan's point. Gimpyknee Friday #11
Nope Torchlight Friday #12
If the word was used in the context of a Medal of Honor, it would be accepted and understood for what is Gore1FL Friday #14
I remember when the Academy Awards changed the wording to "... and the Oscar goes to..." QueerDuck Friday #4
Quite true. It's awarded, not won. It's not a competition, though doubtless Trump sees it that way. Ocelot II Friday #5
;-{) Goonch Friday #6
he lost Shellback Squid Friday #7
And he lost to (gasp) a WOMAN! GopherGal Friday #8
The best part is that he will LOSE 3 more times Bluetus Friday #15
Apart from the sheer waste of the award in that case. apparently there is a rule niyad Friday #22
That's a pity. I wonder if the Nobel people would make one exception Bluetus Friday #34
Nobody wins a Nobel Peace Prize Dave Id Friday #9
Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize because Obama got one. It's part of Trump's sick need Gaugamela Friday #10
Very well put. twodogsbarking Friday #13
In 50 years we'll learn that Trump was not a nominee. Gimpyknee Friday #16
Cogent. Intelligent. Well-informed. Hekate Friday #17
Yassar Arafat was a previous recipient n/t MichMan Friday #18
And that has exactly what to do with the point of the OP? niyad Friday #20
Thank you. An important distinction. niyad Friday #19
It's much like His MAGAsty saying he always wanted to win a Purple Heart. MineralMan Friday #21
That one always puzzled me. It was as if he had no clue how one came niyad Friday #25
Truly, I don't think he actually knows. Or he has forgotten. MineralMan Friday #27
It is nevertheless a very common locution to "Win the Nobel Prize." NNadir Friday #26
As you note, we should take our cues from the Nobel Prize Committee. MineralMan Friday #28
William Faulkner was a writer too... NNadir Friday #33
Wonderful essay, MM. Totally Tunsie Friday #29
You're very kind to say so. MineralMan Friday #31
True Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Friday #30
Pretty much everything connected to trump is sickening. MineralMan Friday #32
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