Chronicle poll results: Should Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize?
We asked our readers if Donald Trump should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize? Here's what they said.
Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an online poll the following question: “Do you think Donald Trump should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?” Of the 633 people who responded, 80% said no; 17% said yes; and 3% said they didn’t know. Comments were submitted by 274 people. A few follow.
Why would anyone who truly understands how little he has actually done — aside from repeatedly making false claims about his supposed contributions to global conflicts — consider giving this man any award, let alone a peace prize?
If it is for the Abraham Accords, yes. I appreciate that he has helped returned some of the hostages. However, the conflicts with Israel/Iran, Israel/Palestine and Russia/Ukraine are not resolved. So I don’t think his involvement merits the prize.
I think this is laughable. He is a disgrace to Jewish values.
The felon is a negative force toward peace. He should be punished, not rewarded. Why should he get the Nobel Peace Prize? Both wars that he promised to end on day one of his term are still going strong six months later.
He should be awarded a life sentence in Leavenworth.
He made a mockery of the Presidential Medal of Freedom when he gave it to Rush Limbaugh. Giving Trump the Nobel would delegitimize it for all time.
The Abraham Accords were an historic achievement, something no one dreamed was possible. We have yet to appreciate the full implications of these accords.
It would be farcical if the award were bestowed upon the man who reviles domestic peace, the man who has done more than anyone else to divide us, to instill hatred and to stimulate violence. The Nobel Committee would suffer a permanent loss of credibility.
No, but Obama didn’t deserve a Nobel Peace Prize either. It’s all political, not merit-based.
The Jews in the U.S., Israel and worldwide have no better friend, partner and protector than President Donald J. Trump! May God bless and protect him always.
For what? He’s a danger to the world. Not a force for peace.
Absolutely not! A Nobel Peace Prize for someone who has made the world a more dangerous, worse, place would be a farce.
The Nobel Peace Prize should only be awarded to those whose deeds are selfless. I believe Donald Trump’s motivations for the Abraham Accords are more self-serving (plenty of lucrative real estate deals to be made in the larger MENA region) than selfless.
Where is the peace?
When hell freezes over … and even that’s too soon. PJC
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