A senior Ukrainian lawmaker who put Donald Trump forward for a Nobel Peace Prize has withdrawn his nomination.
Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine’s parliamentary foreign committee, told Newsweek on Tuesday that he had “lost any sort of faith and belief” in Trump and his ability to secure a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
Merezhko said Trump had “virtually no reaction” to large-scale strikes on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks, adding: “He has chosen the path of appeasement.”
Why nominate his bitch ass in the first place?
Probably trying to flatter him into pressuring Russia.
It’s not a bad idea, he’ll do anything for himself and he’d love the kudos of this
This is a good theory.
I mean, it helped with Obama. He was such a peaceful president.
Careful, try not to cut yourself on that edge!
As per the article: Oleksandr Merezhko. Without knowing more about him, he does seem genuinely far from being on Russia’s payroll or part of the proto-fascist elements (beyond potentially the usual accidentally being a useful idiot like many centrist liberals end up being, sadly). Seems more like an old school centrist out of his depth, but with genuine convictions for liberalism, for what it’s worth.
My guess is that he either completely misestimated what Trump really is about - or maybe put forth the nomination to bait his narcissist side into doing more, with the prize serving as a carrot on a stick. Either way, he was quite wrong in hoping for Trump doing much to end the war.
Die fuhrer is a narcissist. Could have been trying to entice die fuhrer to support Ukraine over Daddy.
You don’t deal with narcissists by placating them. That just reinforces their narcissism and makes it worse.
Oh? So what are you supposed to do?
Search me. I’m no psychiatrist, but mockery works for me. That’s probably not an ideal approach either, but rewarding that kind of behaviour seems worse to me.
It’s best to just try to avoid them altogether, which probably isn’t possible in this case.
Die fuhrerschnitzel
The best justification for him receiving the nomination, or even winning, is simply reading the list of previous winners and nominees
Nonsense doublespeak prize for losers and rubes.
Because anyone can get nominated but it takes a real dickhead to be rescinded lol
Appeasement.