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Pakistan nominates Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize (tribune.com.pk)

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 day ago (17 children)

This is the worse timeline ever

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Nominations don't really mean anything.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

The subtext behind Pakistan doing it, and doing it now, is to try and bait Trump away from getting involved with Pakistan's ally: Iran.

If Trump does anything to Iran, Pakistan is going to make a big fuss about doubling-back on their nomination.

Does the nomination mean anything? No. Is he going to get the award? No. It's entirely a diplomatic maneuver for a very specific goal of keeping the US out of Iran.

[–] ComfortablyDumb -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its just buttering him up for the next terrorism attack on India that Pakistan is planning to conduct. Iran is a Shia majority country and no ally of Pakistan which is a sunni majority country. Minority sects like Hindus, Shia, Ahmadiyas and ethnic minorities like Hazaras are treated the absolute worst in Pakistan. I would be surprised if they ever ally with Iran.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Iran and Pakistan are absolutely allies. They do joint military exercises. They have a joint weapons production program. Iran's diplomatic channels to the USA literally operate out of Pakistan's embassy in Washington.

[–] ComfortablyDumb 0 points 14 hours ago

They exchanged missile fires last year. I am guessing thats part of the joint military exercise as well. Got it