Donald Trump's Korea triumph should earn him the Nobel Peace Prize
DANIEL MCCARTHY
27 APRIL 2018 • 6:00AM

The Nobel Committee has something of a fetish for awarding the Peace Prize to centre-Left American politicians, regardless of merit. At least former president Jimmy Carter had involved himself in decades of peace initiatives, however futile most proved to be, when he received the prize in 2002. Former Vice President Al Gore, on the other hand, won the 2005 prize for his celebrity endorsement of climate-change doom-mongering.

In Barack Obama's case in 2009, the rationale was weaker still: he had not even been in office a year and had achieved virtually nothing for the cause of peace during that time. But he was a symbol of hope to centre-Left types around the world, who could not yet imagine the anarchy he would bring to Libya or the ceaseless wars he would wage with drones.

This year's prize should go to an American leader who for once has earned it: Donald Trump. But will the Nobel Committee free itself from its ideological straitjacket to give it to him? President Trump is everything that Obama was not. He is a man of the Right rather than the Left. He is brash and intensely disliked by much of world opinion, especially elite opinion. Obama had a soft touch and was loved almost as greatly as Trump is despised. Yet the only thing that should matter is what Trump has achieved, in contrast to what Obama did not.

If President Trump succeeds in negotiating an end to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's nuclear provocations, he will have defused the most dangerous crisis the world faces at present. There is even a chance that Trump will help bring a non-violent conclusion to a war that has officially lasted 67 years. The North and South never came to a formal peace agreement in the Korean War and to this day have only an armistice to underwrite the ceasefire. Yet now Seoul and Pyongyang have begun moving toward treaty talks as part of the wider effort to resolve the nuclear impasse, with the South's President Moon Jae-In to meet Kim for a historic summit on Friday.

The means to achieve peace, and the leaders who do it best, are not always pretty.

An American president first won the Peace Prize in 1906, when Theodore Roosevelt received it for brokering peace in the Russo-Japanese War. What Trump is poised to accomplish on the Korean peninsula would be a far greater triumph of diplomacy. That will be so even if the result is something less than what the Trump administration has called for in its maximal demands: the denuclearisation of North Korea. Kim is unlikely to give up his weapons in any scenario, but world peace will be well served if he simply stops further nuclear and ballistic tests and agrees to a non-proliferation framework.

That should certainly be good enough for the Nobel Committee. But the contrast between Trump and Obama suggests why it might not be. Obama came to power promising to pursue peace the Left-wing way, through humility and understanding. His demeanour counted for more than his record, which in 2009 was practically nonexistent. President Trump has used tough language and the threat of violence to change the calculus of war and peace in Korea. The method as much as the man may be unpalatable to the panel.

Even the diplomatic philosophy of Theodore Roosevelt a century ago — "Speak softly and carry a big stick" — may be too much for the committee. Trump's approach of tweeting loudly, so to speak, while brandishing his stick can be counted on to be met with disapproval.

If the Peace Prize is to do any good in the world, however, it cannot be reserved for fashionable Left-wing figures and causes. Peace is a practical goal, not an unworldly ideal. The means to achieve peace, and the leaders who do it best, are not always pretty. The Nobel Committee and the community of opinion that looks on the Peace Prize as an affirmation of liberal pieties may find Trump distasteful.

Nevertheless, he is set to be the man most deserving of the honour. If that seems shocking, it is a shock that ought to prompt a rethink of how international relations really work. Decades of conventional diplomacy with North Korea only led to the Kim dynasty acquiring nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them between continents. To make peace demands a new approach, and President Trump has found one.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/27/donald-trumps-korea-triumph-should-earn-nobel-peace-prize/

As much as I dislike Trump, I have to hand it to him, this is a deal well brokered.


He deserves it for real.

Trump of God

Wait, the same guy who said his SoS was wasting time negotiating is the same one you say should get a Nobel? LoL, this sounds like a plot in a cartoon or Mexican soap opera.

If u re saying this gesture by Trump is worthy of a Nobel peace prize then the gesture by Putin also on invitation by the Syrian govt to defend Syria against terrorists,rebels and fifth columnists should be worthy as well of a nomination for a Nobel peace prize...

The real credit for getting North Korea to the negotiating table should go to Moon Jae-in. It was his election that paved way for talk to begin between the two Koreas. He believed in making peace with the north and that was one of his campaign promise. Talks would not have been possible if the impeached Park Geun Hye was still in power, as she was very hawkish.

It was Moon Jae-in that invited north Korea to the Olympics, it was moon Jae-in that invited Kim Jong Un's Sister for talks during the Olympics. It was Moon Jae-in that even sent a personal delegation to Washington to see Trump personally and convinced him on the need for dialogue.
If anybody deserves a Nobel price it is moon Jae-in

wirinet:


The real credit for getting North Korea to the negotiating table should go to Moon Jae-in. It was his election that paved way for talk to begin between the two Koreas. He believed in making peace with the north and that was one of his campaign promise. Talks would not have been possible if the impeached Park Geun Hye was still in power, as she was very hawkish.

It was Moon Jae-in that invited north Korea to the Olympics, it was moon Jae-in that invited Kim Jong Un's Sister for talks during the Olympics. It was Moon Jae-in that even sent a personal delegation to Washington to see Trump personally and convinced him on the need for dialogue.
If anybody deserves a Nobel price it is moon Jae-in

Bad belle! See the link that shows that President Trump has been officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in fostering peace in the Korean peninsula. I will even be surprised if he wins the prize because it is normally reserved for those who are politically correct.

https://www.hannity.com/media-room/its-official-president-trump-formally-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/

OLAADEGBU:


Bad belle! See the link that shows that President Trump has been officially nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in fostering peace in the Korean peninsula. I will even be surprised if he wins the prize because it is normally reserved for those who are politically correct.

https://www.hannity.com/media-room/its-official-president-trump-formally-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/

Are you blind and dumb or you have your head far too deep into Trump's ass that it has affected your brains.

Read your link properly and tell me who officially nominated Trump for the Nobel peace price.

What has Trump actually done to deserve the Nobel peace price.

Now tell between Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump, who has done more to advance peace in the Korean peninsula?


Read this to understand the Genesis of the whole issue;

North Korea invite is dramatic gesture, but not diplomatic breakthrough

SEOUL — South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s gambit to use the Olympics as a form of diplomacy has produced a dramatic gesture – an invitation from Kim Jong Un to hold talks between the two leaders in North Korea – but it is a long way from a major breakthrough.
https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/326932002

wirinet:


Are you blind and dumb or you have your head far too deep into Trump's ass that it has affected your brains.

Read your link properly and tell me who officially nominated Trump for the Nobel peace price.

What has Trump actually done to deserve the Nobel peace price.

Now tell between Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump, who has done more to advance peace in the Korean peninsula?


Read this to understand the Genesis of the whole issue;

Olaadegbu is the biggest Trump a*s licker on Nairaland and the charlatan don't even know that Trump think of him as subhuman

wirinet:


Are you blind and dumb or you have your head far too deep into Trump's ass that it has affected your brains.

Read your link properly and tell me who officially nominated Trump for the Nobel peace price.

What has Trump actually done to deserve the Nobel peace price.

Now tell between Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump, who has done more to advance peace in the Korean peninsula?


Read this to understand the Genesis of the whole issue;

I understand you liberals don't do history. Watch the videoclip that shows how Trump had it mapped out long before he threw his hat in the political ring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUaQo2j42Y

OLAADEGBU:


I understand you liberals don't do history. Watch the videoclip that shows how Trump had it mapped out long before he threw his hat in the political ring.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQUaQo2j42Y

LoL, how is this any sort of cohesive plan? "I'll negotiate like crazy" meanwhile he told his SoS he is wasting his time negotiating.

LordReed:


LoL, how is this any sort of cohesive plan? "I'll negotiate like crazy" meanwhile he told his SoS he is wasting his time negotiating.

He's the greatest Conman in the history of recent America. He's not only a two bit hustling New Yorker, he's a pathological lying scum that nothing truthful comes out of his Orange mouth.

LordReed:


LoL, how is this any sort of cohesive plan? "I'll negotiate like crazy" meanwhile he told his SoS he is wasting his time negotiating.

It doesn't matter how bad you feel about Trump, it is on record that Trump talks the talk and walks the walk.

OLAADEGBU:


It doesn't matter how bad you feel about Trump, it is on record that Trump talks the talk and walks the walk.

LoL it doesn't matter how good you feel, you are still living in lala land.

Lucasbalo:
He's the greatest Conman in the history of recent America. He's not only a two bit hustling New Yorker, he's a pathological lying scum that nothing truthful comes out of his Orange mouth.

Did you see the report by the former Forbes journalist that said Trump lied to get on the Forbes list? SMH dude is a pathetic narcissist.

LordReed:


Did you see the report by the former Forbes journalist that said Trump lied to get on the Forbes list? SMH dude is a pathetic narcissist.

Nothing about the guys amazes me or millions of Americans anymore. It's one day one lie for the Trampy.

LordReed:


LoL it doesn't matter how good you feel, you are still living in lala land.

The reality as I know it is that Donald Trump is the President of the U.S. of A. The earlier you accept that reality the better you will feel for Eight good years.

OLAADEGBU:


It doesn't matter how bad you feel about Trump, it is on record that Trump talks the talk and walks the walk.

One lie one day for my president. You are a funny guy.

Lucasbalo:


One lie one day for my president. You are a funny guy.

How will you feel if they award him with the Nobel Peace Prize?

OLAADEGBU:


The reality as I know it is that Donald Trump is the President of the U.S. of A. The earlier you accept that reality the better you will feel for Eight good years.

LoL I am not an American so he being president or not is basically irrelevant, I am just trying to understand the appeal such a person has for you and people like you. Suffice it to say, I am still baffled.

OLAADEGBU:


How will you feel if they award him with the Nobel Peace Prize?

It's not only Nobel prize, it's humanitarian man of the Year. Keep drinking that toxic Orange kool aide that's not good for your mental health.

LordReed:


LoL I am not an American so he president being president or not is basically irrelevant, I am just trying to understand the appeal such a person has for you and people like you. Suffice it to say, I am still baffled.

It's called Stockholm Syndrome. We have bunch of them here calling themselves blacks but they are still suffering from SS. Good example is Kanye West whose background in Chicago I don't want to get into. Bunch of Uncle Sam they are.

Lucasbalo:


It's not only Nobel prize, it's humanitarian man of the Year. Keep drinking that toxic Orange kool aide that's not good for your mental health.

Have the three Northern Korean detainees been released or not?

LordReed:


LoL I am not an American so he being president or not is basically irrelevant, I am just trying to understand the appeal such a person has for you and people like you. Suffice it to say, I am still baffled.

Why are you baffled? Did you not knoe was that it was blacks that helped the slave traders catch their fellow brothers for the white slave traders for onward transportation to slave ships?

OLAADEGBU:


Have the three Northern Korean detainees been released or not?

Just releaded today after you have been lying your fanny off about their release last week. No wonder you supprt the pathological lying scum in the WH.

Lucasbalo:


Just releaded today after you have been lying your fanny off about their release last week. No wonder you supprt the pathological lying scum in the WH.

The truth is that they have been released, either you like it or not.

wirinet:


Why are you baffled? Did you not knoe was that it was blacks that helped the slave traders catch their fellow brothers for the white slave traders for onward transportation to slave ships?

We learn from history and past mistakes so these folk are a real puzzle.

LordReed:


We learn from history and past mistakes so these folk are a real puzzle.

Do you?

OLAADEGBU:


Do you?

LoL @ equating liberals with Nazi Germany, if anything you Trump supporters are the ones going crazy over a hate mongering semi literate demagogue.

President Trump Pulls Out of Summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un Meeting.

http://federalistpress.com/pres-trump-pulls-out-of-summit-with-north-koreas-kim-jong-un.php

OLAADEGBU:
President Trump Pulls Out of Summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un Meeting.

http://federalistpress.com/pres-trump-pulls-out-of-summit-with-north-koreas-kim-jong-un.php

Mr charlatan who happens to lick Trampy Orange behind, there goes your Nobel Peace Price. A conman has been scammed by a bigger conman.. Both Trampy and Kim Jong Un are worthless in my book.

Lucasbalo:


Mr charlatan who happens to lick Trampy Orange behind, there goes your Nobel Peace Price. A conman has been scammed by a bigger conman.. Both Trampy and Kim Jong Un are worthless in my book.

Enemy of State.