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Trump & Kim Jung Un have the highest odds (2/1) of winning the next Nobel peace prize according to bookies: http://sports.coral.co.uk/politics/international/in

by 21 9y ago

Trump & Kim Jung Un have the highest odds (2/1) of winning the next Nobel peace prize according to bookies: http://sports.coral.co.uk/politics/international/international/2018-nobel-peace-prize-9988245.html http://sports.coral.co.uk/politics/international/internation...

sanderjd 9y ago
I never really know how to read these betting sites, but what I see there is 4/1 for Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In.
- 21 9y ago
  It wasn't like that two hours ago, they probably updated it due to the news. http://news.ladbrokes.com/politics/donald-trump-at-21-to-win-2018-nobel-peace-prize.html http://news.ladbrokes.com/politics/donald-trump-at-21-to-win... https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/a-nobel-prize-for-trump-and-kim-is-no-joke https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/a-nobel-p...
mullen 9y ago
There is no way the Nobel prize people are going to hand a Nobel prize to Trump and Kim Jung Un. Trump is embarrassment to the world and Kim Jung Un literally has killed 10's of thousands of people to stay in power.
- throwajay97524 9y ago
  better to give the prize to someone like obama, who accomplished nothing at all to deserve it, but gave people the warm fuzzies for not being george bush
  - root_axis 9y ago
    False dichotomy. It's a fair to say that Obama did nothing to deserve a peace award, but obviously Trump and Kim don't deserve one either.
ravitation 9y ago
This is such an interesting problem. I don't see any of these people being suitable candidates, but if this detente is fully realized then you can't ignore it. Consider for a second that Reagan wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize (Gorbachev was) for the peaceful end of the Cold War. I find the "Reagan Victory School" argument far more compelling than any argument for Trump in this case. It will be interesting to see what the Nobel Committee decides.

by 21 9y ago

sanderjd 9y ago

I never really know how to read these betting sites, but what I see there is 4/1 for Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-In.

21 9y ago
It wasn't like that two hours ago, they probably updated it due to the news. http://news.ladbrokes.com/politics/donald-trump-at-21-to-win-2018-nobel-peace-prize.html http://news.ladbrokes.com/politics/donald-trump-at-21-to-win... https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/a-nobel-prize-for-trump-and-kim-is-no-joke https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-04-27/a-nobel-p...

mullen 9y ago

There is no way the Nobel prize people are going to hand a Nobel prize to Trump and Kim Jung Un. Trump is embarrassment to the world and Kim Jung Un literally has killed 10's of thousands of people to stay in power.

throwajay97524 9y ago
better to give the prize to someone like obama, who accomplished nothing at all to deserve it, but gave people the warm fuzzies for not being george bush
- root_axis 9y ago
  False dichotomy. It's a fair to say that Obama did nothing to deserve a peace award, but obviously Trump and Kim don't deserve one either.

ravitation 9y ago

This is such an interesting problem. I don't see any of these people being suitable candidates, but if this detente is fully realized then you can't ignore it. Consider for a second that Reagan wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize (Gorbachev was) for the peaceful end of the Cold War. I find the "Reagan Victory School" argument far more compelling than any argument for Trump in this case. It will be interesting to see what the Nobel Committee decides.