Newsweek Discovers Americans Don't Want Nobel Peace Prize for Trump
The article breathlessly cites polling data indicating the populace isn't lining up to hand Trump Alfred Nobel's bronze medallion. This is, of course, presented as news, as if the Nobel Peace Prize committee hasn't historically found peace in places like Henry Kissinger's Vietnam legacy or Barack Obama's drone program. (Kissinger won in 1973 for negotiating a peace agreement that led to more war;
Obama in 2009, barely a year into his presidency, before escalating drone strikes.) Perhaps the American public, in their infinite wisdom, is simply demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of how the Nobel Peace Prize actually works. It's not about actual peace, dear readers, but rather about who the global establishment deems suitable for a temporary PR boost. One might wonder if the real
story here is the public's naive expectation of genuine 'peace' from a prize often awarded to architects of conflict.