The two nominations for President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize – for brokering deals in the Middle East and the Balkans – has prompted The Atlantic to call for the award to be axed, sparking pushback from conservatives.
“End the Nobel Peace Prize,” The Atlantic declared in a headline on Friday. The award’s past winners have a “spotty” record of achievement, the media outlet said, as many were honored for making efforts at peace that never came to fruition. Trump’s nomination was apparently the last straw for The Atlantic, which said it “shows that peace had its chance and blew it.”
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