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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

After failing to win the peace prize, Trump turns his focus to Nobel prize for war

Donald Trump standing with his arms outstretched
‘As for the US involvement? It will be over once Trump gets bored with it. He will move on to something else. Leave it to someone else to sort out the mess.’ Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Maybe we should have just had done with it back in December. Instead of offering a polite reservation, every western country should have sent a full, state delegation to Norway. Begging, imploring the Nobel Committee to award Donald Trump the peace prize. We could all have chipped in a couple of billion just to make it even more worth winning.

And if that wasn’t enough, we could have twisted the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, to upgrade his “Peaceiest Ever President” award to the “Makes Jesus Look Second Rate” prize. A large solid gold statue of The Donald would have done the trick. There’s more than enough in the Fifa slush funds.

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