John Legend has a message for the president: Trump for Peace Prize 2026!
However, hear him out. The singer posted a video on his Instagram yesterday saying that he believes President Donald Trump ought to win the Nobel Peace Prize… with one huge stipulation.
“He’d should cease all this authoritarian dictator sh*t, all of the fascist sh*t, all of the inhumane sh*t he’s been making an attempt to do,” Legend stated.
Legend argued that the president might probably earn the prize in a 12 months if he reverses the manager actions he’s ordered across the nation. From the immigration crackdown to the police takeover in liberal cities.
“The so-called ‘peace president,’ who’s ending wars around the globe, would additionally should cease declaring warfare on the American individuals, cease sending the army into our cities just because they’re run by Democrats,” Legend stated. “Cease sending masked, unaccountable ICE brokers to torment immigrant communities. Cease ordering the prosecution of his political opponents on flimsy fees.”
Plainly Trump’s want to be honored prompted this response from Legend, who has carried out at a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. The 13-time Grammy winner identified in his video that President Trump hoped to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize this 12 months for brokering a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. The award was given to María Corina Machado of Venezuela, a key chief within the opposition to the nation’s present president, Nicolás Maduro, and his militarized authorities.
The White Home launched a press release acknowledging the president’s perception that he was snubbed by the Nobel Basis.
“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” White Home spokesperson Stephen Cheung wrote in a publish on X.
The president additionally took his anger out on former President Barack Obama, who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize throughout the first 12 months of his administration in 2009.
“They gave it to Obama for doing completely nothing however destroying our nation,” Trump informed reporters within the Oval Workplace on Thursday.
President Trump is leaving the nation at the moment on visits to Israel and Egypt to commemorate the brand new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. He’s imagined to make an deal with in Israel on Monday.
Commenters on Legend’s publish had been stunned by the proposition, following alongside to grasp the which means of his kind-of-sarcastic, kind-of-encouraging tone within the video directed to Trump. As a believer in “optimistic reinforcement,” Legend stated he was utilizing the parenting ability in his message. He credited the president for his “instrumental” position within the Center East truce and implored him to carry these efforts to the homeland.
“As a guardian, I’ve discovered that youngsters reply very well to optimistic reinforcement,” he stated. “So Donald, we’ve tried destructive reinforcement, impeachment indictments, voting you out of workplace. So let’s attempt optimistic. Let’s promise that in the event you get it collectively, you alter your terrible conduct, you’re going to get that peace prize that you simply so so so badly want, and I’ll be so pleased with you.”
