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Monday, April 30, 2018 –
3:00pm
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has raised some
eyebrows with the suggestion that Donald Trump should receive a
Nobel Peace Prize.
North Korea to close nuclear test site
At a cabinet meeting on Monday, Moon told his ministers that he
was “confident that a new era of peace will unfold on the Korean
peninsula”, and praised his American counterpart’s role in the
recent thawing of relations with Pyongyang.
Responding to a letter from one of South Korea’s past first
ladies calling for Moon to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Moon
said: “It’s President Trump who should receive the Nobel Prize. We
only need to take peace.”
He has previously said the US President deserved “big credit”
for the recent thawing in relations with North Korea, The Independent reports.
The suggestion might seem bold, but the success of
Friday’s inter-Korean summit means Moon has “the political capital
to make these kinds of statements about Trump, however
eyebrow-raising they may be to his domestic constituents”, says
NPR.
Since Moon’s landmark talks with Kim Jong Un on
Friday, Pyongyang has said it is to close a nuclear testing
facility and bring the North Korean timezone into line with the
South, while Seoul has agreed to cease loudspeaker propaganda
broadcasts at the border.
Trump is set to meet Kim within weeks for the
first-ever talks between sitting US president and a North Korean
leader.
The image of Trump being crowned as a peacemaker
on the level of Martin Luther King Jr and Nelson Mandela was met
with incredulity by some on social media:
Dear #Trump‘sters: @POTUS repeatedly belittled #KimJongUn with “Little Rocket Man” and “short
& fat.” He threatened “fire & fury” and to “totally destroy
#NorthKorea.” A #NobelPeacePrize? Really? Are you f’ing
high?— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) April 29, 2018
How Donald Trump ended the Korean War:
1. Call Kim Jong Un “little rocket man”
2. Threaten “fire and fury”
3. Never appoint a US ambassador to Korea
4. Fire Rex Tillerson
5. Wait until NK’s test site collapses— Alan Traxler (@traxattack) April 29, 2018
Trump getting a Nobel peace prize would be
like me getting a civic award for threatening to mug you but not
following through.— Toby G (@Epigrammist) April 29, 2018
But for his admirers, it was a moment to crow
about:
Donald Trump convinced North Korea and China
he was serious about bringing about change.
We’re not there yet, but if this happens, President Trump deserves
the Nobel Peace Prize. https://t.co/XlXWRp2TrI— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) April 27, 2018
South Korea%u2019s President Moon says
@POTUS should win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump did promise we%u2019d get bored of winning!https://t.co/Ie5q3TLurF— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) April 30, 2018
One person likely to approve Moon’s sentiment is Trump
himself, who has repeatedly attributed the fresh hope for peace on
the peninsula to his own policies:
With all of the failed %u201Cexperts%u201D
weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue
would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I
wasn%u2019t firm, strong and willing to commit our total
%u201Cmight%u201D against the North. Fools, but talks are a good
thing!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2018
Funny how all of the Pundits that
couldn%u2019t come close to making a deal on North Korea are now
all over the place telling me how to make a deal!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 22, 2018
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