considering it is a meaningless gesture given the obvious lack of character and accomplishment of past recipients why would Trump accept it and furthermore, why do you think he "deserves" it

@iThink Well, just because some who received it before did not necessarily deserve it doesn't mean that President Trump doesn't deserve it. I don't think it is a meaningless gesture, by the way, especially since it would really annoy the Left.

@KeithThroop ok - what has Trump done that deserves a Nobel Prize? Pissing off the Dems is not a valid answer.

@AlpacaLunch you are making the case for my argument. Obama certainly did NOT deserve a Nobel award - but just because Obama got it doesn't mean that Trump should get one...He needs to do something remarkable, noble, productive in order to be eligible IMHO. So far Trump hasn't done anything like that. Not saying he's been bad - lord knows he might have done some good things if not for the Dems doing everything they could to derail his administration - but still - Trump hasn't don't anything worthy of the Prize.

@iThink Well, you may disagree, but I think the accomplishments listed in The American Thinker suffice:

"The Norwegian noted that Trump played a key role in this development, the biggest platform for peace since Israel's entente with Egypt several decades ago, and what's more, other Arab states would likely follow suit. In fact, quite a few are. And the troublemakers among them, such as the Palestinian "state," are walking back their opposition to the accord, with peace breaking out all over.

On merit alone, by any objective standard, Trump's act is a massive contribution to peace.

And it's not just the Israel-UAE peacemaking, either.

Fact is, the Trump umbrella of peace is multiplicative. Trump's rub-out of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's chief terrorist, has led to global terrorism waning. Trump's peace-brokering between longtime enemies Kosovo and Serbia snuffed out another smoldering ember of war in Europe. Trump's risky move to engage North Korea's psychopathic dictator one-on-one, breaking all foreign policy conventional wisdom — created even more peace or at least bought time for something steadier, too — the freak, after all, had been hurling rockets at Los Angeles before that. And for keeping the U.S out of all wars and bringing troops home during his term, Trump deserves credit there, too.

Yes, that's a heady record of peacemaking, and the Nobel committee couldn't ignore it if it cared about its credibility."

Here is the link: [americanthinker.com]

@KeithThroop they lost all credibility when they gave Obama the prize - so that is why I say the Nobel prize is meaningless.

@iThink Your opinion has been duly noted. We will have to agree to disagree on that point.