# Nobel Peace Prize Announced; It Doesn't Go to Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 10, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845 "2025-10-10T09:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/282 "2026-01-20T17:51:30Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > The W years might have been seen as an aberration with Obama representing a return of the US to the international fold. I do suppose they could not do as TIME sometimes does and decreed a symbolic collective award “to the American voters” , _someone_ had to pick up the medal and the check. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/283 "2026-01-20T17:52:38Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > You know what would be the funniest thing in the world? > > A Democrat is elected in 2028, and they immediately get to work fixing everything Trump screwed up in terms of international relations… and are awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for it. Yeah that would really annoy Trump. But annoying people kinda isn’t what the Nobel Prize is about. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/284 "2026-01-20T18:00:32Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > But annoying people kinda isn’t what the Nobel Prize is about. I suspect the Norwegians might make an exception. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/285 "2026-01-21T03:04:31Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > … Hold trump’s ~~beer~~ Diet Coke and watch this. Damn. Donnie must have heard me. > # Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says ‘You’ll Find Out’ How Far He’ll Go to Get Greenland > > [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/20/us/trump-news?unlocked\_article\_code=1.GFA.zxgM.x6GLFk09WKnQ&smid=url-share](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/20/us/trump-news?unlocked_article_code=1.GFA.zxgM.x6GLFk09WKnQ&smid=url-share) > Asked how far he was willing to go to acquire Greenland, President Trump said, “You’ll find out.” His terse reply, following lengthy remarks about his first year back in office, came as his threats to take over Greenland have imperiled the stability of U.S. alliances. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/286 "2026-01-21T03:38:51Z")
Given his whole TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) reputation, I actually take this statement as some bluffing comfort that he won’t go after Greenland after all and he’ll switch to his new distraction/fad by the end of January. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/287 "2026-01-21T03:41:20Z")
“You’ll find out” is Donald-speak for “I have no fucking idea what I’m doing here”. He has no plan and no idea of how to get from Point A to Point B except for “say what I want to happen and wait for someone to do it for me, because I’m the world’s most special boy and everyone wants to make me happy”. He won’t invade Greenland because he’s too chickenshit to attack an enemy that can fight back, and Europe isn’t giving it to him for free like he expects everyone to do all the time, so he’s got nothing left except maybe to say “We’ll be making a major announcement in two weeks” or “nobody knew Greenland was so complicated”. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/288 "2026-01-21T07:44:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > he’s got nothing left except maybe to say “We’ll be making a major announcement in two weeks” or “nobody knew Greenland was so complicated”. He’s not even thanking anyone for their attention to this matter? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/289 "2026-01-21T08:02:16Z")
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**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/290 "2026-01-21T09:08:46Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > Trump is now blaming Denmark not giving him the Nobel Prize as justification to take over Greenland. I realize that a National Geographic Survey back in 2002 showed an appalling lack of geographical knowledge and clearly a distinct absence of education in that field, but is he aware that Norway and Denmark are different countries? No? Just as I feared. The “leader” of the free world can probably locate Mexico and Canada on a map, but say, Venezuela? I have my doubts. Certainly he would not be able to identify the individual Nordic countries ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/291 "2026-01-21T09:15:22Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The “leader” of the free world can probably locate Mexico and Canada on a map, but say, Venezuela? I mean, considering that he thinks Venezuela is an island, probably not. [![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/kT8zJVLuPeOKinKU.Glv.w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTgwNjtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/94612441b0568b4eca2bffe7f75cbb7e) ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/kT8zJVLuPeOKinKU.Glv.w--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTgwNjtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/buzzfeed_articles_778/94612441b0568b4eca2bffe7f75cbb7e) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/292 "2026-01-23T01:52:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > he’s got nothing left except maybe to say “We’ll be making a major announcement in two weeks” NAILED IT. > ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/293 "2026-01-25T04:23:25Z")
I would think the stopping of wars would be worthy of a serious historical book. It would be interesting to understand exactly how he managed that. Be a good addition to the trump libarry, too. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/294 "2026-01-25T06:38:02Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I would think the stopping of wars would be worthy of a serious historical book. In most of those wars, Trump didn’t stop them. He mostly helped negotiate a ceasefire (sometimes very minimal help), and those have frequently been broken. For example, there’s supposedly a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but the Israelis still sometimes attack and kill Palestinians. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/295 "2026-01-25T08:13:42Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > He mostly helped negotiate a ceasefire I don’t believe he even did that much. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/296 "2026-01-25T08:39:19Z")
He thought about an idea for a concept of a plan to negotiate a ceasefire? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobel-peace-prize-announced-it-doesnt-go-to-trump/1023845/297 "2026-01-25T18:50:18Z")
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