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It’s actually kind of fun to consider what might happen if Donald John Trump wins the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n

He’s being talked up by his political base of supporters as a Nobel Prize candidate if North and South Korea are able to forge a peace treaty to officially end the Korean War — and, oh yes, de-nuclearize<\/em> the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n

My hunch is twofold. If he wins the prize, there will be end to the braggadocio that comes from the president of the United States. He’ll be more than delighted to crow until he runs out of breath about how he was the only president to accomplish it.<\/p>\n

The second hunch is even more annoying if you can believe it.<\/p>\n

Suppose he is nominated for the Peace Prize, but gets beat out by someone else. Maybe someone other<\/em> than Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner can forge a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Maybe someone will persuade Iran to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

If the president is nominated, but doesn’t actually win the prize, the winner had better really and truly be the hands-down individual or group that deserves it.<\/p>\n

If not, then we’re going to hear the Mother of All Twitter Tirades from Trump bitching about the political correctness<\/em> that went into the selection. I mean, he did all that work to bring peace to Korea, even resorting to the Little Rocket Man epithet he hurled at Kim Jong Un from the United Nations lectern.<\/p>\n

It might not get that far. The upcoming Trump-Kim summit might not produce anything. It might be a bust. I hope it works out for both nations. The bluster and bombast frighten me and I want it to end.<\/p>\n

If the summit can bring an end to the nastiness, then perhaps the president will deserve a nomination. But … oh, brother. What would happen were he to win it or get passed over?<\/p>\n

Let’s all stand by and hope for the best, whatever that might be.<\/p>\n\n

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