Trump says Japanese prime minister nominated him for Nobel Peace Prize

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

President Donald Trump claimed Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to broker peace between North and South Korea.

Trump said Abe showed the president “the most beautiful five-page letter” that he sent to the Norwegian committee that awards the prestigious diplomatic prize each year.

“He had rocket ships, and he had missiles flying over Japan, and they had alarms going off, you know that,” Trump said of Abe, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday. “Now all of a sudden, they feel good. They feel safe. I did that.”

The Japanese embassy in Washington did not immediately return an email seeking confirmation that Abe had, in fact, submitted Trump's name for the peace prize.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/15/trump-shinzo-abe-nobel-peace-prize-1171831

[Vinca]

1. And in other news, pigs can now fly.

[cstanleytech]

13. They can

https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/world-of-warcraft-mount-hogrus

[thewhollytoast]

2. The Pope is coming over to my house this afternoon.

We are going to bake chocolate chip cookies, go through scrapbooks, and reminisce of our Cold War adventures with Elvis when we were all young agents in the CIA.

Ah, good times,

Toast

[mitch96]

3. Watch Abe say he never did such a thing...

I swear this wanna be dictator in the white house is delusional... Reminds me of reports when Hitler in the last days of WW2, was moving imaginary troops around the battle field to repel the russians...
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[NRaleighLiberal]

4. yeah, the nobel prize - that's the ticket....

[gelsdorf]

7. Gonna be given to me by......

Morgan Fairchild, yeah, right before a big parade for me, maybe the 4th of July, never been done before, yeah That's the ticket!!

[underpants]

5. He just got confused

That happens a lot when the portraits are talking to you.

[DENVERPOPS]

6. And delusions of grandeur

And these self aggrandizing, delusions of grandeur don't qualify him for the 25th amendment???????

What does it take???????????

I would love to have a toxicology on his blood after one of these comments........

[Demit]

8. I was only half listening. So he really did say "rocket ships"?

His brain is in the 1950s.

[janx]

15. Yes. He said that.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/15/trumps-bewildering-national-emergency-press-conference-annotated/?utm_term=.506478c957cf#annotations:16510848

So, Prime Minister Abe came here -- I mean, it was the most beautiful five-letter -- five-page letter. Nobel Prize. He sent it to them. You know why? Because he had rocket ships and he had missiles flying over Japan. And they had alarms going off -- you know that.

[Dave Starsky]

17. I didn't realize North Korea's space program was so developed.

No wonder he wants a space force.

[janx]

18. Nor did I, but

can picture the rocket ships flying over Japan.

[7wo7rees]

35. Dotard wants his toys!

[Sanity Claws]

26. He also says aeroplanes

Another throwback to a simpler earlier era.

[janx]

29. Not really.

That's British.

[Stuart G]

9. Two words..,,,,"He's Nuts"!!!!!

[exboyfil]

10. The PM will probably try to find a diplomatic

way out of this, but I wish he would issue a statement stating that the US has a problem because it is being run by a delusional incompetent fool, and the legislature should take action.

That coming from one of our most important allies might finally get folks to take notice. The European leaders might also want to take a swing as well.

[sdfernando]

11. Anybody can nominate anybody for a Nobel prize

this means diddly squat.

[Thomas Hurt]

12. Sandra Bullock and I are getting married next month...I stole her away from that dude she is dating.

and she is nominating me for a Nobel Prize too. I'm a shoe in.

[Judi Lynn]

14. Trump probably reminds him regularly he could bomb Japan all over again if he's not happy with Abe.

Abe clearly is intimidated by Trump's indecency.

[Roadside Attraction]

16. Right.

And I'm next in line for the British throne when the dear old Queen dies.

[jb5150]

19. He's not getting a Noble prize ...

but he is in the running for Russian Employee Of The Month.

[Hekate]

20. The Mad King is nuttier than a fruitcake. He's nuttier than squirrel poop.

Squirrel!

Oh. My. Gods.

[trusty elf]

21. ...

[Cracklin Charlie]

28. Can I swipe this image?

That’s so funny!

[trusty elf]

31. Please feel free to swipe it.

[Judi Lynn]

33. So good! n/t

[marble falls]

22. I bet PM Abe will be so pleased he found out he did that for Trump.

[Apollyonus]

23. I bet the Nobel nominating committee

will have a laugh that they will remember forever.

And ... Kenzo Abe must be a hell of a poker player to keep a straight face while telling that to Trump.

[kwolf68]

24. Trump did it all

He is the greatest ever of all things, just ask him.

Does that fucker have an off switch?

[tclambert]

25. I want to hear more about these rocket ships flying over Japan.

Sounds like the beginning of a good science fiction story.

[Cracklin Charlie]

27. He has gone around the bend.

Get the hook!

[Turbineguy]

30. Trump is so great. Just ask him and he'll tell ya.

[Totally Tunsie]

32. Not The Onion?

[dalton99a]

34. "Yeah, right"

The Norwegian Nobel Committee

[Snellius]

36. Japan's PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request: Asahi

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S. government to do so, the Asahi newspaper reported on Sunday.

The report follows Trump’s claim on Friday that Abe had nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize for opening talks and easing tensions with North Korea.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-usa-trump-japan/japans-pm-nominated-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-on-u-s-request-asahi-idUSKCN1Q6041

[Yosemito]

37. Throwing tear gas and children and separating them from their parents

Isn’t peace.

[Blue_Tires]

38. LOL at that!

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