Nobel Peace Prize for Trump’s Second Term

Let’s not forget the 52 American hostages that were captured by Iran on November 4^th, 1979. For 444 days they were held captive until the threat of a conservative US president loomed. On January 20^th, 1981, the hostages were released at the same time Ronald Reagan took office.

There are 37 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7th that are about to be released, seven of which are American. For around the same number of days, they were held captive until the threat of a conservative US president. On January 20th, 2025, we finally have a strong hope that all hostages will have been released when President Donald Trump takes office again.

Out of the 200+ taken that day, I strongly suspect Trump will find this initial release unacceptable, but it's a start. This cease-fire and hostage release would never have happened if Harris or Biden had resumed office in five days.

Jimmy Carter was a joke to our enemies. Biden is a joke to our enemies. They feared Ronald Reagan. They fear Donald Trump. A lot can happen in these five days. I am a little nervous on what's going to happen in this short time left.

The nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize were due twelve days after Obama took office. He won. So, if everyone waited until the last minute to vote for the prize, they must have experienced the most amazing twelve days of any administration that ever existed. In that sub-2-week presidency, he was found to have had “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

With Obama’s twelve days in office and these obscure standards, surely the bar isn’t set very high. Trump is a clear winner (sarcastic laugh.)

I expect good things at the beginning of Trump's presidency. It won’t be as exciting as people falling off of airplanes like Biden’s, but my expectations are high nonetheless.

With all seriousness, I would like to know if the world is a safer place twelve months from now. I hope so.