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Originally Posted by MTVN
Obama did nothing to deserve it so the bar is pretty low. The peace prize is awarded to those who work at building peace between nations so domestic affairs are not very relevant. Brokering the first Israeli-Arab peace deal in decades is however, as is arranging the first ever meeting between the leaders of the US and North Korea
The Japanese PM has also nominated Trump for the prize in the past
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I agree he didn't really do anything to deserve it, but you there is an argument to be had that if nothing else the symbolism of a black man becoming president in the country known for it's (relatively) modern slave trade, is deserving of the historic recognition.
There's a reason that US presidents haven't met with the leader of North Korea, and we saw it play out. The DPRK used it for propaganda purposes, made promises it had no intention of keeping then basically made trump look a fool whilst carrying on with it's nuclear program.
Supporting Israeli apartheid and even moving the US Embassy to further antagonise the region, and supporting illegal Israeli annexations is not conducive to a peaceful region, and neither is removing the US from an actual successful agreement with Iran, because Obama did it, is childish.