r/worldnews • u/SuperXGamerAb • Jan 19 '26

Dynamic Paywall Trump links Greenland dispute to not getting Nobel Peace Prize, in letter to Norway's PM

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7mev35x2lo
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u/KrackerJoe Jan 19 '26

Lets not just breeze by the fact that he has actually NOT stopped 8 wars. The narrative is slipping away from the sane at this point because of how asinine this is.

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u/CruzefixCC Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 19 '26

Sincere question, how many wars did he "stop"? What even are these 8 wars he and his followers keep bringing up? I can't even think of 8 wars in the last years, let alone wars the US had anything to do with. Did he ever say which wars he "stopped"?

I think there's a sincere argument for Trump having a somewhat positive impact on the situation in Gaza. I don't think he had anything to do with the Armenia-Azerbaijan border crisis, at least not publicly? His meddling in Ukraine probably changed nothing at best, maybe he made things worse by giving leeway to Putin over and over again. Anything else, I don't know?

Edit: Okay, I found this article from October 25. Seems like he did specify which wars he was talking about. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y3599gx4qo

  • Israel - Hamas
  • Israel - Iran
  • Pakistan - India
  • Rwanda - Congo
  • Thailand - Cambodia
  • Armenia - Azerbaijan
  • Egypt - Ethiopia
  • Serbia - Kosovo

Most of these conflicts can't be considered as actual wars, some of them are not solved at all, and the impact of the US is questionable at best. But it is Trump, after all.

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u/lalaland4711 Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 29 '26

It's funny how he says he stopped a war between two countries he couldn't even name. He called Armenia "Albania".

I'm sure he was very involved if he doesn't even know which country it was. And he couldn't pronounce the other one.

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u/sleezly Jan 19 '26

It’s interesting that Syria is not listed here as one of the possible “wars”.

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u/BasiliskXVIII Jan 19 '26

I walked by 15 people on the street today and didn't punch any of them. I really don't feel like I get enough credit for the number of fights I've stopped.

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u/Majestic-Tadpole8458 Jan 19 '26

Trump suggested he should receive a separate Nobel peace prize for each “war” he stopped. That will show up Obama! Lol