Nobel Peace Prize and Donald Trump

Yes folks, Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Price. This is nothing to get worked up about, because any asshole can be *nominated*. From https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/:

"A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria."

And that nomination criteria?

• Members of national assemblies and national governments (cabinet members/ministers) of sovereign states as well as current heads of states
• Members of The International Court of Justice in The Hague and The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague
• Members of Institut de Droit International
• University professors, professors emeriti and associate professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology, and religion; university rectors and university directors (or their equivalents); directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
• Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Members of the main board of directors or its equivalent for organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (proposals by current members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after 1 February)
• Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee

What does that mean? It means the most useless Republican Congressman can nominate DJT. Vladimir Putin could nominate Donald Trump (and vice-versa).

This sort of shocking story happens every year when someone announces they've nominated some loser. And remember, this announcement does not come from the Nobel Committee themselves.

"The Committee does not itself announce the names of nominees, neither to the media nor to the candidates themselves. In so far as certain names crop up in the advance speculations as to who will be awarded any given year's Prize, this is either sheer guesswork or information put out by the person or persons behind the nomination. Information in the Nobel Committee's nomination database is not made public until after fifty years."

This whole Donald Trump nominated thing can easily be traced back to whomever made the announcement. I'm sure you can figure out their agenda from there.