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A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump is a terrible joke
The history of the Nobel Peace Prize includes several unlikely recipients. Awarding the Prize to Trump would represent a coup de grâce for the Norwegian Academy
Author: Elson Concepción Pérez | internet@granma.cu
june 18, 2018 15:06:43

Since he assumed the Presidency of the United States, Donald Trump has threatened several countries with the use of military force. Pictured announcing increased defense spending on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

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WHILE anything can happen in this world, I would prefer to think that it is only a joke that U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
A group of 18 Republican Party congressmen sent a letter to the chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to nominate Trump “in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula, and bring peace to the region.”
The history of the Nobel Peace Prize includes several unlikely recipients. But Trump would be the most preposterous proposal yet and, if awarded, would represent a coup de grâce for the Norwegian Academy.

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