Soon to be ex-President Trump is apparently starting his 2024 Presidential campaign:
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2020
Unless, of course, he’s just going to raise money and then not run.
But while I wouldn’t put that beyond him – frankly, no scheme of ill-repute is beyond him – I would draw my reader’s attention to the 41 second mark. No, President Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, despite a nomination this year by a far-right member of the Norwegian legislature – another desperate attempt by third raters to look competent, I might add.
But President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. And, regardless of whether he deserved it, and I have my doubts on the matter, it sits on his mantlepiece, while Trump has nothing like it.
Trump’s apparent hatred for Obama, and this 6 second sequence, makes me think that Trump, due to his hurt feelings, will run again in 2024. And, if he wins, then beg for the Award. Are his accomplishments, yet to be evaluated by history, in the Middle East worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize? Show me normalization of relations between Israel and Iran, or Israel and Saudi Arabia, or China and India, or resolve the problematic province of Kashmir involving India and Pakistan – that would be impressive. Morocco, UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan – the last of which is no longer considered Muslim, even – are not major accomplishments. If we bought them off with the wrong bribe – and official bribery, such as an offer of better trade relations, is a normal tool in the toolkit of the diplomat – then his attempt to win a Nobel Peace Prize may actually backfire.
But this could be a salvo in the 2024 race. And, in a way, I hope the press simply ignores him on this subject.
