US Requested Japan PM To Nominate Trump For Nobel Peace Prize

It’s been a dream of president Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now placed him on the road to attaining this ambition by nominating him for this year’s award.

There’s only one thing askance about this news -- Trump asked Abe to nominate him.

Talks about Trump being nominated for the prize first surfaced in the aftermath of his historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on June 12, 2018 in Singapore. His sycophants in the White House and the Republican Party immediately went public with talk of Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize because of his historic meeting with Kim.

The only U.S. president conferred the Nobel Peace Prize is Barack Obama. The Nobel Laureate was honored in 2009 for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Trump has no love lost for Obama.

Talk about Trump’s Nobel Prize, however, subsided when it became clear his talks with Kim had neither goaded North Korea into denuclearization nor attained any measurable results.

And along comes Abe. It’s been revealed Abe nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after the Singapore summit. Japanese media found out that Abe only submitted Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize after Trump asked him to do so. Abe complied.

Japanese media said the Prime Minister nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.

Abe’s government, however, refused to issue an official statement about the key role Abe played in the Peace Prize nomination. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it "would refrain from commenting on the interaction between the two leaders." The White House also refused to comment on Abe’s role in the nomination.

The Nobel Foundation's rules say a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize can be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria.

South Korean president Moon Jae-in has nothing against Trump being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Moon believes Trump may deserve this recognition for his leadership in helping establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Moon’s spokesman said the South Korean leader feels Trump “is more than eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize as (Moon) has repeatedly stressed that President Trump has made great contributions to establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula by continuing North Korea-U.S. talks.”

Some, however, believe Moon is a better candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize than Trump.