Sometimes, if you want to win an award, you need to sound like someone deserving of it.
U.S. President Donald Trump has again been mentioning his displeasure at not winning last year’s Nobel Peace Prize.
As he continues to insist that they should take over Greenland, a recent text message to Norway’s Prime Minister had Trump saying he no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace.
That unbelievably disjointed message arrived as the U.S. recognized Martin Luther King Junior Day, or MLK Day for short, a national holiday where they honour the civil rights icon who won the Nobel Peace Prize himself in 1964 (four years before his death).
During his riveting acceptance speech, which was woven like fine cloth to include both the struggle of the times and the deaths which happened in multiple locations in the days before he spoke, he uttered the following words in Oslo, Norway.
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
Now, few of us could ever be so eloquent, but (at the very least) we should hope that the people who win this prestigious award will speak of peace and not conquering another territory by force.
President Trump, you will never be Martin Luther King Junior, but you could at least sound more like him if you want the world to put you in the same very exclusive club.
I’m Paul Martin and that’s what I see looking Beyond the Headlines.
