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Surely trump deserves the Nobel prize for this deal!

• mrcwinn 4mo ago
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  • amanaplanacanal 4mo ago
    I think the Obama prize was just a reaction to how terrible the Bush administration was, not that he actually deserved it.
    • Rzor 4mo ago
      Someone on HN said a long time ago that if you want to understand Obama's prize, just look at who it upsets.
    • Thegn 4mo ago
      Yeah, if you watched Obama’s energy he had kind of a “Thanks guys, but why?” air about him through the whole thing.
    • mrcwinn 4mo ago
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      • zahlman 4mo ago
        > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.
    • netsharc 4mo ago
      Somewhere it's written that he and his team discussed internally about refusing it, but thought that action would be considered arrogant and diplomatically bad form. Meanwhile 17 years later...
• jleyank 4mo ago
  I think they prefer their winners to not have started the action that they're claiming credit for ending...
  • comrade1234 4mo ago
    Someone will nominate him. Qatar? UAE?
    • leosanchez 4mo ago
      Pakistan
• zahlman 4mo ago
  This is not any better than the reply about Obama. The intention of the snark is clear, and does not contribute to useful discourse. Please don't.
  • comrade1234 4mo ago
    It's a ridiculous situation that requires ridicule. And further I will bet you (or polymarket) that someone will nominate trump for the Nobel prize for this deal.
  • mcphage 4mo ago
    When you fuck up this badly, people are allowed to make fun of you.
• defrost 4mo ago
  If not for this one, then surely for the 21 prior ‘imminent’ ceasefire deals or perhaps for one of the upcoming ceasefire deals. So many deals.
• rsynnott 4mo ago
  Another FIFA prize at the very least.