on his Instagram<\/a> yesterday saying that he believes President Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize\u2026 with one big stipulation. <\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019d have to stop all this authoritarian dictator sh*t, all the fascist sh*t, all the inhumane sh*t he\u2019s been trying to do,\u201d Legend said. <\/p>\n
Legend argued that the president could potentially earn the prize in a year if he reverses the executive actions he\u2019s ordered around the country. From the immigration crackdown to the police takeover in liberal cities. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe so-called \u2018peace president,\u2019 who\u2019s ending wars around the world, would also have to stop declaring war on the American people, stop sending the military into our cities simply because they\u2019re run by Democrats,\u201d Legend said. \u201cStop sending masked, unaccountable ICE agents to torment immigrant communities. Stop ordering the prosecution of his political opponents on flimsy charges.\u201d<\/p>\n
It seems that Trump\u2019s desire to be honored prompted this response from Legend, who has performed at a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The 13-time Grammy winner pointed out in his video that President Trump was hoping to receive the Nobel Peace Prize this year for brokering a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. The award was given to Mar\u00eda Corina Machado of Venezuela, a key leader in the opposition to the country\u2019s current president, Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, and his militarized government. <\/p>\n
The White House released a statement acknowledging the president\u2019s belief that he was snubbed by the Nobel Foundation. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,\u201d White House spokesperson Stephen Cheung wrote in a post on X. <\/p>\n
The president also took his anger out<\/a> on former President Barack Obama, who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize during the first year of his administration in 2009. <\/p>\n\u201cThey gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country,\u201d Trump\u00a0told reporters\u00a0in the Oval Office on Thursday.<\/p>\n
President Trump is leaving the country today on visits to Israel and Egypt to commemorate the new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. He is supposed to make an address in Israel on Monday. <\/p>\n
Commenters on Legend\u2019s post were surprised by the proposition, following along to understand the meaning of his kind-of-sarcastic, kind-of-encouraging tone in the video directed to Trump. As a believer in \u201cpositive reinforcement,\u201d Legend said he was using the parenting skill in his message. He credited the president for his \u201cinstrumental\u201d role in the Middle East truce and implored him to bring those efforts to the homeland. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a parent, I\u2019ve learned that kids respond really well to positive reinforcement,\u201d he said. \u201cSo Donald, we\u2019ve tried negative reinforcement, impeachment indictments, voting you out of office. So let\u2019s try positive. Let\u2019s promise that if you get it together, you change your awful behavior, you\u2019re going to get that peace prize that you so so so badly desire, and I\u2019ll be so proud of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
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