<p>Jaws dropped across the nation when President Obama was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize during his first year as president. Now, presidential hopeful Donald Trump is in the running for the same prize. ;</p>
<p>The nomination letter argues that Donald Trump deserves the award for his &ldquo;vigorous peace through strength ideology, used as a threat weapon of deterrence against radical Islam, ISIS, nuclear Iran, and Communist China.&rdquo; ;While he has repeatedly promised to &ldquo;bomb the shit out of ISIS&rdquo; and threatened to impose a tariff on trade with China, his tough talk is just that: talk. The Nobel committee should wait until Donald Trump has had a chance to go through with his plans before they considering giving him the award.</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s hope the Norwegian Nobel Committee has the common sensse to hesitate. Their decision to choose Obama was premature at best: they were focused on what they thought Obama could do, not what he had already done.  ;  ;  ;  ;  ;</p>
<p>&#8220;In retrospect, we could say that the argument of giving Obama a helping hand was only partially correct. Many of Obama&rsquo;s supporters believed it was a mistake.  ;As such, it did not achieve what the committee had hoped for,&rdquo; wrote Geir Lundestad, a former member of the Nobel Prize committee. ;Will Donald Trump receive the same &ldquo;helping hand?&rdquo; If so, he should politely refuse. ;</p>
<p>Thousands of lawmakers, ministers, former prizewinners, and university professors are eligible to make nominations for the award. Nominations are due February 1st but the senders&rsquo; names are kept secret. ;Other alleged nominations for the 2016 prize include Pope Francis and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ;</p>