Trump Upset He is Not Getting The Symbol of a Peace Maker, The Nobel Peace Price

 

  

By Tyler Pager

Reporting from Washington

 The New York Times

In his inaugural address, President Trump said his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” But critics have accused him of siding with the aggressor when it comes to Russia and Ukraine. (Just for giggles and *___)

He has built lavish clubs and gold-encrusted skyscrapers. He won the White House not once but twice. He has leveraged his power to exact retribution on political opponents, corporate executives and world leaders.

And yet, one accolade has eluded President Trump, and the leader of the free world has made no secret about how irritated he is by what he sees as a snub.

“They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize,” Mr. Trump said last month during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office. “It’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.”

For nearly a decade, Mr. Trump has publicly and privately complained that he has yet to win the prestigious prize. He has mentioned the award dozens of times in interviews, speeches and campaign rallies dating back to his first term. And as he presses for cease-fire deals in Ukraine and the Middle East, current and former advisers say the award is looming large in his mind. 

“The Nobel Peace Prize is illegitimate if President Trump — the ultimate peace president — is denied his rightful recognition of bringing harmony across the world,” Steven Cheung, the White House communications director, said in a statement.

In many ways, Mr. Trump’s public jockeying for the prize reflects his focus on accolades, praise and acceptance — and a burning desire to best his predecessors. President Barack Obama won the prize less than nine months after taking office in 2009 for confronting “the great climatic challenges,” a decision that elicited worldwide controversy.

In accepting the award, Mr. Obama noted that his “accomplishments are slight” compared with those of other winners. Mr. Trump has not forgotten that, and he is still waiting for his invitation to Norway.

“The center of his public life is the greater glory of Donald Trump, and the Nobel Peace Prize would be a nice thing to hang on the wall,” said John R. Bolton, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser who had a falling-out with the president late in his first term.

“He saw that Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize and felt if Obama got it for not doing anything, why should he not get it?” Mr. Bolton said of Mr. Trump. (Less than 12 hours after being sworn in for his second term, Mr. Trump revoked Mr. Bolton’s Secret Service protection.) and also all The past Presidents Family