Hillary Clinton says she'd nominate Trump for Nobel Prize if he brokers peace

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4 pointsBender4 comments

Misleading headline:

> she would nominate Trump for the award if he was successful in getting Putin to end his war and give back all the territory his forces took from Ukraine in the conflict

So the meaning of the comment is actually the opposite of headline. It's really a criticism of the basis of the negotiation

If that includes Crimea, then I think you could argue that he earned a nomination.

It is an attempt to leverage Trump's vanity to achieve the outcome mentioned. "Show me the incentives and I'll show you the outcome." Appeal to your audience (Pathos mode of persuasion in this context).

That would indeed be worthy of a Nobel prize -- in much the same way that warp drive would be worthy. I cannot conceive of any incentive that would get Putin to agree to that.

Maybe agreeing to give Alaska back to Russia. Or maybe the US withdrawing completely from NATO.

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