It remains to be seen whether peace will take hold in the Middle East, but I think starting wars in the Caribbean and America may hurt his chances at the Peace Prize.
If they can get passed phase 1 and through all other phases, and if it leads to lasting peace then yes it is a good case for a Novel peace prize.
But let's see all that happen first. And if anything that would counter that work - either domestically or internationally - during the remainder of his term.
It depends: we've seen previous conflicts between Israel and Hamas/PLA end with hostage/prisoner swaps that then went nowhere towards an actual peaceful end.
If Hamas actually gives up their arms and proceeds through the rest of the phases, and Palestine ends up with some form of sovereignty and living peacefully next to Israel - great.
If Hamas instead just executes those that have spoken out against them and don't proceed through the rest of it...not so much.
Trump deserves the peace prize even if Hamas doesn't heel to the agreement. What other world leader or ambassador has been as much on the frontlines in so many conflicts trying to achieve peace as Donald Trump?
If you’re saying that a person should be disqualified from something objectively worth the peace prize because of other things, then I suppose the whole concept of the Nobel prize is disqualified. Nobel made weapons. Lots of weapons. Let’s see how this works out.
This is a masterfully-constructed bit of click- and argument-bait. :-)
Can't wait to see the discussion.
It remains to be seen whether peace will take hold in the Middle East, but I think starting wars in the Caribbean and America may hurt his chances at the Peace Prize.
A lasting peace in Gaza stands objectively on its own deserving of recognition.
We’re far from that at this point. I don’t expect Hamas to lay down their aend, although they will be happy to string people along.
It really needs to be more than just another ceasefire.
The "lasting" part being the important bit, and I think that will take more time to be seen as having been the case. So perhaps not this year?
A quote from your response to Chris a couple of days ago. "He did a service to his country not many others would want."
If they can get passed phase 1 and through all other phases, and if it leads to lasting peace then yes it is a good case for a Novel peace prize.
But let's see all that happen first. And if anything that would counter that work - either domestically or internationally - during the remainder of his term.
Little by little, day by day, my skepticism is draining. I never thought we’d get this far, tbh.
It depends: we've seen previous conflicts between Israel and Hamas/PLA end with hostage/prisoner swaps that then went nowhere towards an actual peaceful end.
If Hamas actually gives up their arms and proceeds through the rest of the phases, and Palestine ends up with some form of sovereignty and living peacefully next to Israel - great.
If Hamas instead just executes those that have spoken out against them and don't proceed through the rest of it...not so much.
We probably should also note that the decision for the winner was likely made weeks ago, so Trump can go ahead and cross his fingers for 2026.
Trump deserves the peace prize even if Hamas doesn't heel to the agreement. What other world leader or ambassador has been as much on the frontlines in so many conflicts trying to achieve peace as Donald Trump?
Let's give the peace prize to the fellow who threatened to annex Greenland. Makes sense.
If you’re saying that a person should be disqualified from something objectively worth the peace prize because of other things, then I suppose the whole concept of the Nobel prize is disqualified. Nobel made weapons. Lots of weapons. Let’s see how this works out.
Has he ever actually gone to the frontlines of any conflict?
More relevantly, he claims to have resolved 7 conflicts - but those "resolutions" either lasted only days or were just brokered ceasefires.
If this ends up actually being a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine, then there's a good case for a future peace prize - but probably not yet.