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Yea, but it was kinda weird that Obama was awarded for .... wait what did he do again?
But Obama did live up to the principals. He ordered hundreds of drone strikes and assassinations, and Trump has never touched Obama's deportation numbers. But he did host the beer summit for the racist pig who arrested his old professor. So I guess he's got that going for him, which is nice.
He basically was ''not Bush'' and promoting the exact opposite of what Trump is doing now. I always wished he would have graciously rejected it, to preserve the prize's value.
Obama was a strong opponent against Nuclear accelerationism and climate change. Before his presidency he had already been around the world giving speeches about lasting peace and quelling of violence, and was a strong supporter of the United Nations as a vehicle for policy change across the world. Nominations for the 2009 award closed 11 days after he entered office.
They specifically cite his speech from Cairo in June as a reason for his selection.
Afterwards, Obama met with many middle eastern leaders about establishing strong boarders to deter wars. When it was discovered that Iran had a weapons nuclear material enrichment facility, Obama broke precedent that Bush set when discovering technology supposedly used in nukular wepons, and Obama did not invade them but instead started talks which lead to the Iran Deal, a nuclear disarmament treaty.
Best president ever.
Obama holds the record for most Doctors Without Borders hospitals bombed by a Nobel peace prize winner
The only one that came close to Obama's deportation numbers has been Biden.