# Donald Trump has been nominated fora Nobel Peace Prize. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 4, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167 "2016-02-04T19:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/1 "2016-02-04T19:24:27Z")
> **[Someone nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/03/politics/donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize/index.html)** > > Nobel Peace Prize nominees: Greek island groups welcoming Syrian refugees, an escaped ISIS sex slave turned women’s rights activist … oh, and Donald Trump. > [@](#): > > A respected Nobel watcher and director of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo, Harpviken said he was “committed to not reveal the nominator’s name,” but shared online the language from the letter, which praised Trump for “his vigorous peace through strength ideology, used as a threat weapon of deterrence against radical Islam, ISIS, nuclear Iran and Communist China.” > > During his campaign, Trump has repeatedly vowed to “bomb the s-- out of ISIS” and threatened to impose a protective tariff on trade with the Chinese. Of course all this means is that one of the thousands of people who can submit a nomination did so and nominated Trump. I’m confident that he stands 0 chance of winning. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/2 "2016-02-04T21:27:00Z")
M guess for the nominator – Gary Busey. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/3 "2016-02-04T21:29:29Z")
I wonder if there is a list available of who can offer nominations? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/4 "2016-02-04T21:32:58Z")
Yeah there’s a list. > **[Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates](https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/)** > > A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until... [INDENT]Qualified Nominators According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person who falls within one of the following categories: • **Members of national assemblies** and governments of states • Members of international courts • University rectors; professors of social sciences … [/INDENT] Emphasis added and list greatly abbreviated. I’m guessing Senator Sessions from Alabama did this. At any rate it will remain secret for -get this- 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/5 "2016-02-04T21:34:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > M guess for the nominator – Gary Busey. I would guess Trump through a qualified proxy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/6 "2016-02-04T22:04:29Z")
Hell, if Kissinger can win that damned thing, who couldn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/7 "2016-02-04T22:12:08Z")
It was probably Ted Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/8 "2016-02-04T22:38:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It was probably Ted Cruz. Right – associating Trump with the concept of “peace” is a fiendishly clever strategy in a Republican primary campaign. Better than an LGBT rights award. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/9 "2016-02-04T22:45:50Z")
Obama has won one. It can’t be that difficult. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/10 "2016-02-04T23:10:18Z")
There’s a joke here somewhere. “Obama, Arafat and Trump walk into a Nobel awards ceremony…” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/11 "2016-02-04T23:21:18Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Obama has won one. It can’t be that difficult. Why? Obama has done a lot of difficult stuff. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/12 "2016-02-04T23:58:07Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Why? Obama has done a lot of difficult stuff. Per Chomsky: > [@](#): > > In defense of the committee, we might say that the achievement of doing nothing to advance peace places Obama on a considerably higher moral plane than some of the earlier recipients. [Linky](https://chomsky.info/20091030/). Which is, possibly, the only thing Chomsky has ever said that is close to the truth. Slee ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/13 "2016-02-05T00:27:58Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Yeah there’s a list. > [http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/index.html](http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/index.html) > > [INDENT]Qualified Nominators > > According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person who falls within one of the following categories: > • **Members of national assemblies** and governments of states > • Members of international courts > • University rectors; professors of social sciences … [/INDENT] Emphasis added and list greatly abbreviated. I’m guessing Senator Sessions from Alabama did this. At any rate it will remain secret for -get this- 50 years. So, apparently a very, very slow news day. Couldn’t CNN at least find a new cat video on YouTube? The real headline should be “Somewhere among the ranks of US Congress critters there is at least one lunatic”. But wait, “professors of social sciences”, you say? The other possibility would actually be news, albeit of a very minor sort: “Obscure professor of social sciences receives large grant from undisclosed source for no particular reason”. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/14 "2016-02-05T00:47:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Harpviken said he was “committed to not reveal the nominator’s name,” That’s understandable - it would be rather difficult to argue Trump was a force for peace if he got someone punched just by being nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/15 "2016-02-05T00:49:20Z")
It looks like there are probably tens of thousands of people who can make nominations. I’m sure there’s one person who likes to troll the committee in that bunch. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/16 "2016-02-05T00:56:33Z")
Hey, does any Doper happen to be a Qualified Nominator? We could have some hoo-boy fun with this. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/17 "2016-02-05T01:08:46Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Yeah there’s a list. > [http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/index.html](http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/index.html) > > [INDENT]Qualified Nominators > > According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person who falls within one of the following categories: > • **Members of national assemblies** and governments of states > • Members of international courts > • University rectors; professors of social sciences … [/INDENT] Emphasis added and list greatly abbreviated. I’m guessing Senator Sessions from Alabama did this. At any rate it will remain secret for -get this- 50 years. You snipped, among others, “professors of theology”. Yeah, that’s gonna weed out the loonies! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/18 "2016-02-05T01:13:16Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Why? Obama has done a lot of difficult stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Obama supporter, but he basically won the Nobel for not being George Bush. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/19 "2016-02-05T01:17:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Obama supporter, but he basically won the Nobel for not being George Bush. As I’ve said before, Obama’s Nobel was actually an award given to the American people just for rejecting the Pubs, and we **deserved** it just for that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167/20 "2016-02-05T02:56:37Z")
I got a mental image of him shaving and thinking “I get the Nobel Prize at the one time in my life when it couldn’t be bigger pain in the butt! Ain’t that a bitch!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-has-been-nominated-fora-nobel-peace-prize/745167.md?page=2)