Why shouldn’t Donald Trump get Peace Prize?

Ever since there was a mention of President Donald Trump getting a Nobel Peace Prize, the meme creators have been in overdrive. What is more disheartening to see is that people have started hurling personal abuses at each other on this. Donald Trump has personally taken it for granted that he will get it soon. I personally find this a bit funny and also find it hypocritical of people to question why President Trump shouldn’t get it.

Here is why I feel Donald Trump getting a Nobel Peace Prize is not a big deal.

1. Nobel Peace Prize has nothing to do with the beliefs, actions and impact of the winner on the Global Peace. It is a very subjective process. It should not be an epitome of achievement, especially in the field of peacekeeping. The process can be found on their website. (https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/)
2. As I look at the history of people who have won Nobel Peace Prize, few names stand out for their notoriety.
   • Barack Obama – for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.
   • Aung San Suu Kyi – for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights
   • Mikhail Gorbachev – for his leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of the international community
   • Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin – for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East
   • Mother Teresa – Founder of Missionaries of Charity
   • Henry Kissinger – For the 1973 Paris agreement intended to bring about a cease-fire in the Vietnam war and a withdrawal of the American forces
3. When Barack Obama won the peace prize, the US troops were intervening in 6 sovereign nations. I didn’t see many liberals/liberal media cry out against his award. Any meme on Obama winning the peace prize would have been considered racist.

In conclusion, my support for the Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump doesn’t come from the position of him achieving something but from a position of irreverence towards the award itself. It is a meaningless award given to boost the ego of different people or in some instances boost the image of the award itself. While Trump doesn’t need either an ego boost and the award will not get an image boost by honouring him, it certainly will help the world by designating the right place for this frivolous award.