Ryan Bridge: Why I think Trump won't win the Nobel Peace prize

In a few hours we'll know who's won the Nobel Peace Prize. 

It's the world's most prestigious award, and Trump wants it really, really badly. 

Every year since 1901, a bunch of Norwegians sit around a table and sort through their candidates. 

This year there's almost 330 entries.

Four US Presidents have previously won it: Obama, Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson - Jimmy Carter got his two decades after he left office. 

But one man wants it more than anyone else, and Benjamin Netanyahu's just tweeted that Trump should win it.

The criteria? The prize goes to whoever has done the most for fraternity between nations, whoever gets rid of or reduces the size of armies, and whoever promotes peace. 

Basically, who's really good at peace. 

Here's the thing, Trump's not going to win this. 

1. They met and decided on Monday. That was before this Gaza deal was announced. 
2. It actually isn't even for this year. It relates to 2024 or prior. Trump wasn't even in office at that point and applications closed only a month into his second term.
3. He's pulled out of Paris and WHO, and they don't like that kind of thing.

Look I may be proven wrong in a couple hours, but my money's on Trump not winning this thing. 

And if it doesn't happen, if he doesn't get his wish, look out, because he'll probably declare war on Norway. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I know you've been waiting for this. You have been
waiting so patiently. In just a few hours, we will
finally know who's won the Nobel Peace Prize, the world's
most prestigious award.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Everyone says that I should get the Nobel Peace Prize
for each one of these achievements. They should give me
the Nobel Prize for Rwanda. If I were named Obama,
I would have had the Nobel Prize give him two
in ten seconds.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Yeah, so he really, really really really wants it bad.
It's been going since nineteen oh one. A bunch of
Norwegians basically sit around a table and sort through their candidates.
This year, there's three hundred and thirty entries. Four US
presidents previously won it. Obama, as Trump mentioned, Roosevelt Woodrow
Wilson won at nineteen nineteen. Jimmy Carter got it two
decades after he left office. But one man wants it

(00:45):
more than anyone else, and even in the last few hours,
Benjamin Nettinya, who has tweeted that Trump should take it.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
They won't give me a Nobel Peace bas because they
only give it to liberals. When you get the Nobel Prize.
Absolutely man he got the Nobel Prize for doing nothing.
He's forgetting elected, but I got elected.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Two to the criteria, the prize goes to whoever has
done the most for fraternity between nations, whoever gets rid
of or reduces the size of armies, and whoever basically
promotes peace the most. Basically, who's really good at doing peace.

Speaker 2 (01:15):
It's up five nations from going to war, and somebody
else will get the Nobel Peace Price for their writing
about Donald Trump. Be big insult to our country. I
will tell you that they don't want it. I want
the country to get it.

Speaker 1 (01:28):
Here's the bad news. Trump's not going to win this
three reasons. One they met and decided on Monday. That
was before this Gaza deal was announced. Two, it actually
isn't even for this yet. It relates basically to twenty
twenty four or prior. Trump wasn't even an office at
that point. The applications for this closed only a month
into his second term. And three he's pulled out of

(01:51):
the Paris Accord. He's pulled out of the World Health Organization,
and they don't really like that. You know, they're not
really into that. So I may be proven wrong in
a couple of hours time. But my money is on
Trump not winning this thing. And if it doesn't happen,
if he doesn't get his worsh if he doesn't get
his way, lookout because he'll probably declare war on for
Old Norway. For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge,

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