Cambodia to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, says deputy PM

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/cambodia-nominate-donald-trump-nobel-peace-prize-says-deputy-pm-2025-08-01/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33917695

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9point6@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I have no doubt in my mind he has somehow arranged for this

It's so obvious that Obama having won the Peace Prize lives rent free in his head

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 pts · 1y

They (Cambodia) mentioned tariffs in the same sentence as the nomination in the announcement, so minimizing those MIGHT have something to do with it...

idarknight@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Most of what Obama did lives rent free…

radix@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Get >50% of the vote? Straight to jail.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y

Cambodia, asked what was in the large bag with the dollar sign on it, quickly moved the bag behind them and angrily shouted “No more questions!”

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 1y

JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Surely Cambodia of all places knows the US government doesn't give a fuck about peace

MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Its a true art of the deal move if there was one, ironically. It costs nothing and it provides the manipulation they need because trump is a child.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well, nobody said that donald trump ever read his own book.

And nobody ever said he wrote it either!

InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

And nobody ever said he wrote it either!

Oddly this is kind of why it might be worth reading. The ghost writer got their name on the cover. At a minimum someone there is good at making a deal.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

Honestly, I would not be entirely shocked to see a headline in a few months saying that this was entirely orchestrated for this specific reason.

devolution@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

The same Khamer Rouge Cambodian nominating for a Nobel Peace prize? That Cambodia?