OMG: Trump pulls insane Nobel Peace Prize stunt - Brian Tyler Cohen

We have finally reached peak Trump
desperation. According to new reporting
from the Guardian, Donald Trump called
Norway's finance minister to discuss
tariffs. And while doing so, he also
told him he wanted the Nobel Peace
Prize. Let me say that again. The
president of the United States cold
called a foreign finance minister and
randomly brought up wanting a Nobel
Prize. quote, "Out of the blue, while
Finance Minister Jen Stolenberg was
walking down the street in Oslo, Donald
Trump called he wanted the Nobel Prize
and to discuss tariffs." Now, let's be
clear, very much in the vein of Trump's
perfect first-term phone call to
Zilinsky withholding military assistance
for dirt on Joe Biden, Trump is yet
again wielding the state as his personal
cudgel to exact some political benefit
for himself. He knows full well what
he's doing by bringing up tariffs in the
same call that he brings up the Nobel
Peace Prize. He is not so subtly letting
Norway's government know that what
happens with tariffs will depend solely
on what happens with the prize that he
is so desperate for. And what's craziest
is that in actuality, the tariffs on
foreign countries are a tax paid by
Americans. Meaning Trump is forcing us
to pay more money as a means to get a
Nobel Peace Prize for himself. A
billionaire is ensuring that we all pay
more for food, for housing, for
clothing, for electronics, for cars,
literally all of the things he promised
he would lower costs on. All so that he
can feel special by getting an award
that he doesn't even deserve. I mean,
I'm sorry, but I'm coming to you from
Los Angeles, where Trump has deployed
the US military against American
citizens. And just days ago, he did the
same thing in Washington, DC, a city
where crime is at a 30-year low. He is
deploying our own military against our
own citizens. All the while demanding a
peace prize for himself. Utter lunacy.
In fact, Trump is so desperate for this
prize that foreign heads of state have
begun to use it as a bargaining chip to
get themselves favorable terms. This was
just weeks ago. Uh my question to you is
today you are making history by
receiving five African presidents and
showing the interest of the United
States to collaborate and to work close
with the African nations. African
continent is watching. African youth is
watching and this new approach that your
administration is taking to deal with
African nation not only based on help
but in doing business that everybody can
win is really much appreciated for all
the Africans. My question is are you
planning Mr. president in the future to
travel to Africa to see firsthand all
those
countries in Africa all those potential
that those country have and for the
African leaders my question is as you
can see President Trump is working to
bring peace not only in Africa but also
in the world are you all considering to
nominate President Trump for a Nobel
Prize piece
That's a very nice reporter.
I got to meet her two weeks ago when we
had the uh Congo and uh Rwanda and we
had some other people up from Africa and
uh that was the first time. But that's a
very nice I appreciate the question.
It's very nice actually.
A Nobel Peace Prize. Well, I don't see
any problem with it. I think that uh
President Trump deserves it for all the
efforts that he's worked on and uh he
brought peace back in the SEAK region uh
that is my region the region where DRC
and uh Rwanda uh signed a deal and so he
is now bringing peace back into a region
where that was never possible. So, I
believe that he does deserve a Nobel
Peace Prize. That is my opinion on this.
Well, thank you very much. It's very,
very nice. Thank you. I didn't know I'd
be treated this nicely. This is great.
We could do this all day long. Thank you
very much. Please go ahead.
This is where we're at. The leaders of
foreign nations recognize that if they
want anything, all they have to do is
pander to Trump a little bit and he
melts like putty. This guy is easier to
buy than a kid in a candy shop. I
honestly don't know what's more
embarrassing, that it is so blatantly
easy to manipulate the president of the
United States or that he still can't see
what's happening right in front of his
face. In fact, what's worse is that this
is the worst kept secret in the entire
world. Netanyahu did it, too.
Present to you, uh, Mr. President, the
letter I sent to the Nobel Prize
Committee. Uh, it's nominating you for
the Peace Prize, which is welld
deserved, and you should get it.
Thank you very much. This I didn't know.
Well,
thank you very much.
Coming from you in particular, this is
very meaningful. Thank you very much,
baby.
Thank you. Thank you for everything
you're doing.
Thank you. It's a great honor.
I mean, even Republican lawmakers are
doing it so that they can get a little
pat on the head from Daddy Trump.
Thanks to his actions that that he has
brought peace here. Now, he's brokered
this peace deal. And I would submit to
you that there's no one more deserving
of the Nobel Peace Prize than Donald J.
Trump.
Yeah, Congressman, I mean, you're not
the only one who thinks that uh
Pakistan, yes, Pakistan also nominated
President Trump for the Nobel Peace
Prize only to condemn him a day later
for the strikes on Iran. Now, of course,
Pakistan is a close ally of Iran. But I
mean, what did you make of that big
flip-flop? Well, you know, again, here
here is someone who is achieving
something that has been attempted by
other people for years. I mean, let's
face it, Barack Obama won a peace prize,
Nobel Peace Prize for giving speeches
and and Donald Trump, he's delivered.
He's actually taken action and and
brought about peace and he deserves it
more so than anyone else I can think of.
I mean, this should be a slam dunk.
Think about what he's done. He's He's
trying to broker peace in and between
Russia and Ukraine. He's trying to
broker peace and he has a chief
brokering peace in the Middle East. The
Abraham Accords, everything he's done.
Everybody wants to say, "Oh, he's a
wararm monger." No, just the opposite.
He wants peace. He wants the economies
to to thrive. He wants the and he
understands how important this is.
And I know that you said it's a slam
dunk, but the president has been
nominated for the prize multiple times.
He hasn't won yet. Is it going to be
different this time around in your
opinion?
It is. Um, again, I think this time is
is the charm. I think he'll he'll
receive it this time. And he is
certainly deserving of it. And if for
some reason he doesn't get it, it would
really be a travesty.
You know, I'm old enough to remember
Republicans impeaching a president for
getting a in the Oval Office.
Now they're the ones giving them to him.
I mean, just from a national security
standpoint, do you really think it makes
America safer that the entire planet
knows the way to manipulate the
president of the United States is by
uttering the words Nobel Peace Prize?
Let me put this a different way. What if
every world leader came to the White
House during the Biden era with ice
cream cones and when they handed them
over, Biden would gush about how great
they were? What would Republicans say
about Biden then? Yeah, all those
thoughts swirling around your head right
now, those apply to Trump. They say,
"Sir, you should win a prize." And all
of a sudden, you've curried favor with
the president based not on our national
interest, but on your ability to
manipulate a manchild and his insatiable
need for validation. But it actually
gets worse. You know what Trump's big
argument for deserving the Nobel Peace
Prize is? That Barack Obama got one. If
I were named Obama, I would have had the
Nobel Prize given into in 10 seconds. He
would He got the Nobel Prize. He didn't
even know what the hell he got it for.
Remember, he got elected. Well, I so did
I. He got elected and they announced he
was getting the Nobel Prize. Remember?
He said, "Oh, what did I do?" He didn't
know what the hell he did. He got the
Nobel Prize for doing nothing. He for
getting elected, but I got elected, too.
And uh you know, if I think of that, we
we did something the Abraham Accords
unprecedented. Nobody thought it was
possible. And I'm not saying want or
not. I'm not saying I'm just saying if
it was anybody else.
uh liberal Democrat, they would have had
it before the damn thing was even
signed, you know. So, there has to be
fair. And I don't care about I'm not
looking for it. I'm not politicking for
it. I'm just saying that there's a lot
of unfairness in this world. Obama gets
one, so Trump deserves one, too. Brought
to you by the political party that wants
you to know just how much they hate
participation trophies. And here's the
truly embarrassing part. A Norwegian
think tank that handicapped possible
winners of the 2025 prize didn't even
mention Trump's name. The front runners
they cited including Sudan's emergency
response rooms, the prime minister of
Qatar, and the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom. Trump is
getting lapped by organizations that
most Americans haven't even heard of.
And his response is to start making
lobbying calls to Norwegian government
officials. The reality is this. The
Nobel Committee is insulated from
political pressure. As one western
diplomat put it, "This is a decision
made by people who are independent and
have their own point of view. You can't
buy it." Norway doesn't need the money.
But Trump doesn't understand that
because his entire worldview is
transactional. He thinks everything can
be negotiated, leveraged, or bought,
even international recognition for
promoting peace. What's most telling
about this whole episode is how it
perfectly encapsulates Trump's
character. He's a man who craves
external validation more than oxygen.
Yet, he consistently behaves in ways
that make such validation impossible. He
wants to be seen as a peacemaker while
bombing other countries. He wants
international respect while threatening
allies with tariffs. He wants a Nobel
Prize while acting like a schoolyard
bully on the world stage. Look, if Trump
wants a Nobel Peace Prize, here's a
radical idea. Try actually promoting
peace. Stop bombing countries. Stop
threatening allies. Stop treating
international relations like a real
estate deal. But we all know that's not
going to happen because Trump would
rather strongarm foreign officials than
do the actual work of diplomacy. So the
next time you hear Trump or his allies
talking about how he deserves
international recognition, just remember
this moment right here. Remember that
the man who claims to be the greatest
dealmaker in history had to cold call a
foreign government official while they
were walking down the street begging for
an award. If that's not the perfect
metaphor for the Trump presidency, I
don't know what is.