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kpete

(72,027 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:13 AM Jun 2018

About that Peace Prize nomination ...

Donald Trump is "no longer the moral leader of his country or the world", according to a key member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee which annually awards the Nobel Peace Prize

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"What is happening at the (US-Mexico) border where he (Trump) is separating children from their parents is a sign that he is no longer the moral leader of his country or the world," the Council of Europe's secretary general, Thorbjorn Jagland, told Norwegian broadcaster TV2.

"Everything he does excludes him from the role American presidents have always had," Jagland said during a trip to Moscow.

"He can not speak on behalf of the so-called free world."

The Council of Europe is a Strasbourg-based international human rights organisation with 47 signatory states.

Jagland is also one of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee which annually awards the Nobel Peace Prize.

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About that Peace Prize nomination ... (Original Post) kpete Jun 2018 OP

What's The Word At The Hague?.....nt global1 Jun 2018 #1

They sentenced serbian war-criminals 20 years after the yugoslavian civil-war. DetlefK Jun 2018 #3

At the Hague it should be sdfernando Jun 2018 #4

K&R... spanone Jun 2018 #2

"no longer" ????? When was he ever?!?! Pacifist Patriot Jun 2018 #5

That's what I just said.. Cha Jun 2018 #7

Just my opinion - I think he's referring to the office, which makes it even more significant ck4829 Jun 2018 #11

Sounds like the Onion a bit.. ".."no longer the moral leader of his country or the world", Cha Jun 2018 #6

I'm not sure whether the modifier or the noun is the most inappropriate. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2018 #8

Both.. trump is an immoral bottom feeder. Cha Jun 2018 #10

He's still the odds-on favorite for "Biggest Douche in the Universe," though. nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2018 #9

Trump is not a moral person or a moral leader Gothmog Jun 2018 #12

When was he?... lame54 Jun 2018 #13

global1

(25,285 posts)

1. What's The Word At The Hague?.....nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:17 AM

Jun 2018

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

3. They sentenced serbian war-criminals 20 years after the yugoslavian civil-war.

Reply to global1 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:20 AM

Jun 2018

sdfernando

(4,947 posts)

4. At the Hague it should be

Reply to global1 (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:20 AM

Jun 2018

bring him before us so we may judge his actions.

spanone

(135,898 posts)

2. K&R...

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Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:20 AM

Jun 2018

Pacifist Patriot

(24,654 posts)

5. "no longer" ????? When was he ever?!?!

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Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:24 AM

Jun 2018

Cha

(297,794 posts)

7. That's what I just said..

Reply to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:27 AM

Jun 2018

ck4829

(35,094 posts)

11. Just my opinion - I think he's referring to the office, which makes it even more significant

Reply to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:53 AM

Jun 2018

Hey, you're the POTUS, that means you are the moral leader of the US and the world...

Well not anymore.

And this is what we need to start saying - If the choice is between the refugees I personally know and love vs Trump and respect for the office. Not even a choice, going to stay with the former. Always and forever.