The Atlantic argues that the President’s desire for a Nobel is good for the World.
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To be sure, Trump’s desperate thirst to win this prize is of a piece with his general insatiable need to be flattered and praised—a desire that spurs plenty of bad choices, such as pushing to have anybody who opposes him thrown into prison. But in this case, it can be credited with inspiring his most constructive, prosocial impulses as president.
The challenge the prize committee faces is that if dangling the award in front of Trump encourages him to work hard to end conflicts, and perhaps to not start new ones, then they have to wonder what will happen if he gets it. Once given, these awards can’t be revoked. A Trump who has secured his Nobel Peace Prize might feel tempted to go after the ego gratifications that come with military conquest. (He is already dipping his toes into these waters within his attacks on “Venezuelan drug smugglers,” who may or may not be drug smugglers or even Venezuelans.)
In an ideal world, the possibility of creating peace would be all the motive Trump needs to try to make it happen. But if the ego gratification of an award from a Norwegian committee didn’t encourage leaders to work harder to end conflicts, the award wouldn’t have been created in the first place.