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LetMyPeopleVote

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Tue Jul 8, 2025, 11:38 AM Jul 2025

'Beyond parody': Critics left staggered by latest Trump Nobel Peace Prize stunt [View all]

trump is totally obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize. This latest stunt is really sad

'Beyond parody': Critics left staggered by latest Trump Nobel Peace Prize stunt https://twp.ai/4io9df

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-07-08T15:30:38.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-nobel-peace-prize-2672944587/

Critics were quick to jump on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for re-nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize after a Ukrainian official withdrew his recommendation, and Pakistani officials considered doing the same following the president's bombing of Iran.

Netanyahu "surprised" Trump with the nomination at a White House dinner on Monday.

The White House posted the moment to social media, recounting Netanyahu's words: "President Trump is 'forging peace as we speak, in one country and one region after the other. So, I want to present to you, Mr. President, the letter I sent to the Nobel Prize committee. It's nominating you for the peace prize, which is well-deserved.'"

Writer Linda Mamoun called the moment, "Beyond parody," while political commentator @SundaeDivine wrote, "International war criminal nominates convicted felon for Nobel Peace Prize."

Writer Brian Krassenstein wrote his own parody of the situation: "'Hey Donald can you bomb this sovereign nation for us?' Trump: 'Sure'. Netanyahu: 'You deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.'”

@BeckettUnite posted, "We are truly living in a time of imperial authoritarianism: A wanted war criminal, Netanyahu Who has murdered 20,000 children in Gaza presents a letter to the man who gave him the weapons for genocide...Sickening."

I doubt that even Borowitz will go this far
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