Borowitz: Trump Orders Replica Nobel Peace Prize to Display on His Desk (Satire)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Donald J. Trump has ordered a replica of the Nobel Peace Prize and is displaying it prominently on his desk in the Oval Office, the White House confirmed on Wednesday.

The replica of the Nobel medallion is mounted on what the White House described as a “tasteful black-velvet background” with an engraved plaque reading, “Donald J. Trump, 2018 Winner.”

At the daily White House briefing, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said that Trump “took the initiative” to award himself the Peace Prize rather than “waiting around” for the Nobel committee, in Oslo, to bestow it on him.

“What with his successes in Syria, Iran, North Korea, and whatnot, the President already knows he’s a lock for the Nobel,” she said. “It’s just a formality at this point."

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/trump-orders-replica-nobel-peace-prize-to-display-on-his-desk

[Solly Mack]

1. Sure, it's satire...now.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I thought it was real until I saw Borowitz' name.

Trump is destroying satire.

[Solly Mack]

6. Truly

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. A man who lie about a Monet would lie about a peace prize.

He's lied about framed phony Time covers, phony awards, phony paintings, etc.

[Solly Mack]

9. Exactly

[RainCaster]

2. Don't give him any ideas

It could be real.

[Ohiogal]

4. The thing is

I can actually imagine him doing this, he's such a narcissist.

[lame54]

5. Are we sure this is satire...

Or is it soothsaying

[dalton99a]

7. The one on his desk is real, the one given out in Oslo is fake.

[RhodeIslandOne]

10. He'll award it to himself by executive order.

[Journeyman]

11. Next, he'll award himself a Pullet Surprise . . .

[Gothmog]

12. I love good satire