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Ethiopia May Have Just Made A Powerful Enemy In The United States
That’s because Ethiopia’s President just won the Nobel Peace Prize, which Trump won’t be happy about, since he believes it’s something he alone deserves…
And, as we’ve said before, Trump really really wants a Nobel Prize.
Abiy Ahmed got it for holding out his hand to Eritrea’s President, or more specifically, as the Nobel Committee puts it:
“For his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea.”
Trump thinks he should get it for holding out his hand to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a relationship that seems to be centered around a regular exchange of “beautiful letters”, and which so far has climaxed with Trump taking a step into North Korea. (Even though talks with Kim Jong-un have gone nowhere, and North Korea has begun testing missiles again, though only shortish range missiles, which Trump seems to think are O.K.) He also thought he had his Nobel nearly in the bag when he…
