President Donald Trump's quixotic pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize once again took center stage at a campaign rally this weekend in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
The President is one of the 318 nominees for the prize this year—his second nomination—but at the rally, he bizarrely seemed to say that he'd already won. Twice.
Watch below.
Trump is talking as though he actually won two Nobel prizes instead of merely being nominated for them pic.twitter.com/q5XKsfHwbW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 27, 2020
The President said:
"Somebody had a show where they said the amount of time devoted to Donald Trump's Nobel Peace Prize — two of 'em — [was] zero on the networks, zero. It is so disgraceful. They're so bad."
As HuffPost points out, Trump has been corrected by FactCheck.org for repeatedly confusing a Nobel Prize win with a Nobel Prize nomination, which anyone meeting the nominator requirements can submit.
Trump did specifically say it was a nomination during an anecdote about him and First Lady Melania Trump, in which the couple was disappointed because news networks were covering Hurricane Sally instead of the nomination.
People mocked Trump for the petty and misleading rant.
As a member of the media, allow me to clearly state how many Nobel Peace Prize Awards have been won by @realDonaldTrump. To quote him: “Zero. ZERO!!"
Hope that gives you the attention you were begging for. SIR.#Trump #Trump2020 #TrumpFailed #Biden
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— Don Bradshaw (@DonBradshawNTV) September 27, 2020
Does he actually think he won? Do those people behind him think that? https://t.co/H3k346MIUb
— Stephanie Grace (@stephgracela) September 27, 2020
Wow. In his drug/dementia addled brain he thinks 2 nominations by the same racist means he won. https://t.co/kVq7lyeYrd
— SandyG-eezus what's going on?! (@bluntcasm) September 27, 2020
What a fool. https://t.co/RKcoiYo2lc
— K. 🇺🇸 (@WorksInProgress) September 27, 2020
This fool, @realDonaldTrump actually thinks he won the Noble Peace Prize? What an idiot! https://t.co/HxTn8j2Efz
— Sparky Newcastle (@SparkyNewcastl1) September 27, 2020
Grumpy is sad that the MSM didn't talk about him being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize - disregarding the facts that any idiot can be nominated, hundreds are nominated, and it would take all night to do a story on each of them. https://t.co/UKZtRl5Ed8
— The Other Michael Walsh (@MichaelJWalsh) September 27, 2020
Trump's yearning for a Nobel Prize is seen by some as a remnant of his animosity toward former President Barack Obama, who won the prize in 2009 and whose work the Trump administration has fought to undo.
Trump critics pointed out this purported inferiority complex.
Donald Trump will never have a Nobel Prize.
Trump will not win re-election.
He'll live out a criminal life knowing:
Obama was, is, will always be the better man. https://t.co/WDpPESbFi6
— Buckeye19 (@Buckeye193) September 27, 2020
I think Obama should visit Trump in prison once a year to show him his Nobel Peace Prize.
— Jason Overstreet (@JasonOverstreet) September 23, 2020
Donald Trump is a lot more obsessed with Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize than Barack Obama. https://t.co/HzCHRciQox
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 25, 2020
Trump was nominated for the prize by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a far-right member of Norway's Parliament.
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