The headline here is from the New York Post. Personally, I didn’t believe, although it was deserved, that he would win it. Some of the following information is from the article, with additional commentary by me.
President Trump lost out on this year’s Nobel Peace Prize despite brokering a historic cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas after more than two years of war.
However, it wasn’t a snub, it is said, but rather a case of bad timing: The Norwegian Nobel Committee made its decision on Monday, two days before the peace deal was signed, to award the prize to Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado. I won’t comment on Machado because this isn’t about her. There also seems to be a rule all nominations for consideration had to be made by January 31, 2025, just eleven days after the start of his new term. I’m putting this aside because the NY Post didn’t mention it.Â
Trump has also garnered widespread peace accolades during this second term in office for his efforts to tamp down the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It too will end with Trump guiding the effort.
In addition, many of the president’s allies believed he should have received the award for bringing about peace in long-standing global conflicts, including those between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Cambodia and Thailand, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Azerbaijan and Armenia. He also has received kudos for his work in trying to stop the Ukraine-Russia war. As mentioned, he’ll eventually stop, just not yet.
I can accept the timing argument and say this was not a snub, and he’s in a position to get it next year. However, in my opinion, it was a snub after brokering the Abraham Accords. That was a big deal and will hold. This is Phase 1, and who knows if it will be. I say this because I do not trust Palestine.
Let’s face it, the Nobel Peace Prize lost its value the moment it was awarded to Obama for merely showing up to work. A lasting peace is more important than the award. With that said, congratulations, MarÃa Corina Machado.
