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[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 158 points 3 days ago (8 children)

God it fucking burns him so bad that Obama got one and he didn't.

Obama didn't even deserve a peace prize, the guy did more drone strikes than Bush, but just for the fact that it upsets Trump so much I say they should give him another one.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Makes me wonder though if Bush wouldn't've used more drones if they were cheaper and readily available earlier in his presidency. At the time, they were still incredibly expensive and unreliable.

No one in government cares how many collateral deaths there are when drones are used, as long as it reduces the number of Americans returning home in boxes. Keeping the voters happy is always the priority.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago

At the time, they were still incredibly expensive and unreliable.

I think that's a feature, more money for Lockmart and Raytheon, line go up.

as long as it reduces the number of Americans returning home in boxes

As long as it appears like they do. I don't think they give a fuck about their soldiers, otherwise they wouldn't have sent them to Asia to die.

[–] tauisgod@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago

Republicans are so terrible that Obama was given a Nobel peace prize early into his first term just for not being a republican

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My one single satisfaction that I take from Turnip is despite having everything including some otherworldly luck - he will never be satisfied or appreciate any of it. What a sad and pathetic life and the only kind of life a sad fuck like him deserves.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

but just for the fact that it upsets Trump so much I say they should give him another one.

Five more, so Obama has one more than Trump thinks he's earned.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 10 points 3 days ago

Ha yeah for his peace efforts in the Middle East (or Near East for us Europeans) just to fuck up Trump more.

God he's so cringe "they only give them to liberals 😭" no they are

granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind"

at which conservatives fail because they ultimately only benefit themselves.

Also I agree Obama didn't deserve them but at least he also gives at this fact himself and didn't wear it when he ordered drone strikes on wedding ceremonies while you can bet Trump would wear it on the toilet even

[–] 24_at_the_withers@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Of course Obama did more drone strikes than Bush - drones were barely a thing during the Bush years. The technology only became practical, cost effective, and mass produced during Obama's term.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (4 children)

the guy did more drone strikes than Bush

Explain why drones are any worse than any other kind of weapon. The people who get blown up are just as dead regardless.

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[–] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 82 points 3 days ago (3 children)

They don’t have Nobel Prizes for shitting your pants.

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe he should shoot for something more attainable for someone of his capability, like a Darwin award

[–] eRac@lemmings.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't he out of contention since he has already reproduced?

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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago

He doesn't understand how anything works. You can question his intelligence, and there's the dementia, but most of all, it's his ignorance that stands out.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago

TIL that, to Trump, Henry Kissinger was a liberal.

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His mouth looks like an asshole and it always spews shit

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

More like the vagina of an elderly cow.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 12 points 3 days ago

I hope you have worked as a vet on a farm, otherwise I don't want to know how you have this knowledge.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Henry Kissinger: famous liberal

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The best thing I can say about Kissinger is that he's dead.

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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 40 points 3 days ago

HOW MANY WARS DO I HAVE TO START TO GET A DAMN PEACE PRIZE.

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 29 points 3 days ago

He could try running the Russians out of Ukraine, stop Israel genociding and restarting USAID in Sudan, saving millions of lifes. There are many projects he could take on. But he is not even trying. It's difficult, i know. But if you want a medal; you need to at least participate.

[–] opus86@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

Unfortunately, they don't hand them out for being the biggest dipshit around. He would have won way more than five by now if that was the case.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Remember.

Trump is obsessed with Nobel prizes, because Obama got one.. and Trump is a small, tiny, jealous, insecure little man with an YUGE inferiority complex.

[–] Red89@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Obama made a joke at Trumps expense once and now Trump will do anything to one up him and erase Obama's accomplishments as president

[–] BadlyTimedLuck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

No matter how much spray tan he uses, he could never take away Obama's achievement of being the FIRST president of color.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is an opportunity. Somebody needs to tell him that pulling the leash on Israel would guarantee the prize. We could have a parade at the awards ceremony. Red carpet, real celebrities, and everything.

It would still only be the second most embarrassing Peace Prize given to a sitting president.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

If Trump would rein Israel in and stop the Gaza genocide and the war with Iran, and would put something tangible on the table to guarantee a two-state peaceful solution (like a DMZ with UN troops), I would think that despite his everything, I'd be okay to have him get a Peace Prize.

Stupid thing is, he is really in a position that no president in the past 5 decade at least found himself in, where he could actually do that with impunity, as he doesn't need Israeli funding to get reelected, and he doesn't give a fuck about getting anyone in his party reelected either.

Of course, this would need Trump to be both brave and smart, which he is not.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If the United States is not attacking Iran by next year he may be right….

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I've heard that the Nobel people were thinking about giving Trump one in two weeks ... but they are going to wait until the last second to decide.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

He's such an ideal Bond villain. Unfortunately there was never a Bond film featuring the villain being a president because no one could imagine something so outlandishly heinous. Speaks to the quality of this timeline.

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago

Also the villain shitting his diaper on screen probably wouldn't be right for the franchise.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 14 points 3 days ago

Cry more, dickhead.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I hope he lives just long enough for them to give a Nobel prize to whoever fixes the humanitarian nightmares he's creating. He deserves to see all his bullshit unravel in front of him.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I do not wish that. At all.

I do want the unraveling.

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Well, I didn't say that I also hope he spends the rest of his days locked up in a cell, Hannibal Lecter style. Which I do.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Demented rapist says he deserves five Nobel prizes. 34% of the country cheers.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Shut up, Donald.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (6 children)

He should win the opposite of a Nobel Prize. Like how the razzies (which he has won a few of) are the opposite of oscars.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Let's call them prison sentences and I agree.

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the only way that fucking idiot should get one is if he jumped into a wood chipper and amid the global celebration, a sustainable peace broke out.

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Delusional.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

....in the same news cycle that he is bombing Iran he's bitching like a little bitch about not having won the Nobel Peace Prize?

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 8 points 3 days ago

Ignoble oxygen thief.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

"I deserve all the Nobel prizes in a most bigly way! Literature, Art Of The Deal is a masterpiece! Very good. Math and economics, I knew exactly how much to borrow from the Saudis! Frankly I'm very smart. Physics, medicine, who needs that woke crap? Bleach cures everything! I'm pretty sure I'm the greatest man who ever lived. All real Americans think the Nobel Prize should just be called the Trump Prize, believe me."

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