Trump *asked* Japanese PM Abe to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.

The report follows Trump’s claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.

The Japanese leader had given him “the most beautiful copy” of a five-page nomination letter, Trump said at a White House news conference.

The U.S. government had sounded Abe out over the Noble Peace Prize nomination after Trump’s summit in June last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the first meeting between a North Korean leader and a sitting U.S. president, the Asahi said, citing an unnamed Japanese government source.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-trump-japan-idUSKCN1Q6041

If you have to beg for a nomination you're not going to get the prize. I wonder who else he asked?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. All this because his father never said he loved him.

[MyOwnPeace]

5. I'm thinking its because

PRESIDENT OBAMA won it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Bingo.

If, in some alternate universe (because it's not happening in this one), the Nobel Committee OD'd on akevitt and gave him the prize, he'd brag that the medal was bigger and better and had more gold in it than Obama's.

[empedocles]

34. Good one.

[NastyRiffraff]

24. Yes he can't stand that

He's probably lobbying for TWO Peace Prizes, so he can beat Obama. (Like that'll happen)

[charlyvi]

30. Posted without comment.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R for exposure.

[spanone]

3. What a pathetic 'human' being

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and a horrific 'president'

[iluvtennis]

25. Ditto

[True Dough]

4. Since we're all here in this thread

I think it's overdue that I received the DU Poster of the Year award. The Velveteen Ocelot, since you're the OP, I know I can count on your nomination.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. You got it but now you have to be nice to me forever.

[True Dough]

18. Deal!

Did I mention you're the 2nd greatest poster that DU has ever known?

[gademocrat7]

7. What a pathetic bastard.

Trump is not ever going to get any kind of prestigious award.

[notdarkyet]

8. Ok you two, looks like collusion to me. What's the quid pro quo?

[smirkymonkey]

10. He is such a loathsome, insecure little twit.

A thousand people could nominate him. The Nobel Prize committee would never even consider him in a thousand years.

[Grokenstein]

29. TheDotard's response:

"I don't know why we can't just nuke Oslo!! Stupid Irish with their haggis and their windmills and chocolates!!"

[smirkymonkey]

31. Sounds about right.

That is exactly something he would say. He's such a raging moron.

[moondust]

11. asked? begged? bribed?

[BritVic]

12. Obsessed with Obama - this is a new embarrassing low, even for Trump.

[Tanuki]

13. I wonder what he offered in return. eom

[bullwinkle428]

14. You KNOW that his people leaned on Abe in order to make this happen. Something

along the lines of, "You really want to keep that American aid flowing your way, don't you? Just send a nice little letter to the Nobel committee!"

[Vinca]

15. What a pathetic blob of sniveling flesh.

[oasis]

19. If someone on a CNN panel uses that description I'll send them $1,000.

"pathetic blob of sniveling flesh".

[Different Drummer]

41. I'd love to hear Jim Acosta use that. n/t

[oasis]

42. Acosta would have to offer a "oops did I have an open mic?"

excuse. But we would know better.

[Different Drummer]

43. Smiley without comment.

[cstanleytech]

16. Watch him lose it and then cry crocodile tears claiming it was all rigged and stolen from him.

[Harker]

17. Trumpsky can pin his beautiful copy to the wall.

Either in his prison cell, or a padded room in a mental hospital - whichever comes first.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

20. What's equally pathetic is that Abe gave in and

wrote a nomination letter. Where is THAT man's sense of dignity, decorum, and of what's right?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. What probably happened is that Abe figured he could curry favor with Trump

by doing something that would have no effect at all; he must know there's no way in Hell that Trump would ever be awarded the Peace Prize. So Trump gets stroked and Abe stays in his good graces. Cynical, but that's diplomacy when you have to deal with Trump. "Sure, man, I'll write a letter. You're a shoo-in!" And then Abe

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

38. That strikes me as having a complete lack of intellectual honesty.

And here's the real problem: it seems as if no one, not anyone in Trump's cabinet, none of his advisors, no Congressional Republicans, and apparently no foreign leaders are bothering to tell him anything about how the world really works. No one seems to correct him on his constant factual mistakes.

Personally, Abe writing the letter makes me lose respect for him. Just as I can't respect those who surround Trump and who don't at least try to set him straight on things.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

39. Realpolitik at work, I guess.

We don't know what actually happened. It's also possible that there was an "...or else" aspect to it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

44. No, I won't buy that kind of explanation.

It's a cover for genuine evil at times. Like "Just following orders" has been.

And even if Trump had tried an "... or else" Abe ought to be bright enough to know his bark has no bite.

[kairos12]

21. I figured John Barron would make the ask.

[EndGOPPropaganda]

22. Don't be fooled: Nobel Prize nominations are total BS

Any elected official world wide can write a letter to “nominate” someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Nominations are stupid and we should ignore them.

All that matters is who gets PICKED. And there is a 0.0000000000000000001% chance our lousy president will get picked for this award.

The more we talk about nominations the more we give air to stupid stories about the Nobel.
Bottom line: Trump is a corrupt unamerican criminal and he ain’t gonna get any prize.

[notdarkyet]

36. Amazing he thinks he deserves to be rewarded for nothing. NK has added nukes since trump visited.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. That's probably why the Nobel Committee doesn't release the names

of the recommenders for 50 years - although that doesn't prevent the recommenders or the recommendees from doing it. I doubt Abe would have made the recommendation public but of course Trump had to brag.

[B Stieg]

23. The BIG question...

is anybody surprised?

[Jarqui]

26. I wonder if that was what was behind his sudden pullout from Syria

and withdrawal from Afghanistan

... he was trying to get more votes for his Nobel peace price ...

[Evolve Dammit]

27. What a fragile psyche; truly emotionally damaged

[trusty elf]

28. Remember when a vet gave Benedict Donald his Purple Heart?

Chump accepted it, saying that he always wanted to have one of those!

[peggysue2]

32. Whoa!

There's a Nobel Prize for Money Laundering, Mobster Activities and Treasonable Acts????

Who knew?

[kwolf68]

35. This (mis)administration

...is worse than I even dreamed.

[demmiblue]

37. Can anyone be more pathetic?

Probably in Trump's case, but this is just

What an embarrassment to our country.

[tblue37]

45. Like the big bully "asks" the skinny little kid to give him his lunch money? nt