02-20-2017, 03:26 PM
(02-20-2017, 02:27 PM)Maggot Wrote:(02-20-2017, 01:37 PM)Duchess Wrote:(02-20-2017, 01:15 PM)Maggot Wrote: I thought the new thing was become president get a peace prize. Waaaa
Ah, I see. I didn't really pay attention to politics then so I just went to read about it. Apparently it was given to Obama for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." I don't see trump getting one for THAT.
They gave Obama the prize so he would follow through with his campaign promises not for anything he really did at the time. That sentiment didn't last long though. It made the peace prize cheap and buy-able. In my opinion.
I never understood why President Obama was awarded that Nobel Prize either. Obama himself says he does not understand why he was awarded it.