Fox News anchor John Roberts was gobsmacked on Thursday as Ari Fleischer declared President Donald Trump won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize despite his peace deal between Israel and Hamas moving forward.
The moment came during America Reports as Roberts kicked around the possibility of Trump winning the Nobel Prize, which he has repeatedly propped himself up for.
After playing a clip of Sen. John Fetterman (D-NJ) supporting a Nobel Peace Prize for Trump, Roberts asked Fleischer, the former press secretary under President George W. Bush, what it would say if Trump did not receive the honor.
Fleischer proceeded to trash the award.
“I’m sorry to put it so bluntly, but who cares?” he said. “The Nobel Peace Prize has been useless for generations. Ever since they gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, it is the Democratic Peace Prize. It is If the Liberal socialists of Europe Peace Prize. It has nothing to do with actually solving problems are getting things done, outside of the scientific realm where they do good work.”
After ranting about the significance of the award, Fleischer concluded, “The Nobel Peace Prize, who cares?”
Roberts contended that Trump would probably disagree with him if he wins this year.
“He won’t get it,” Fleischer said, bluntly.
Stunned, Roberts said: “No? You don’t think so?”
“They will never do it,” Fleischer responded. “
Read the exchange here:
JOHN ROBERTS: If President Trump is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for solving this — and and that is if this goes through — for solving this, untying this Gordian knot that’s existed between Hamas and Israel for so long. If he is not awarded the Nobel prize, what does that say about the process?ARI FLEISCHER: I’m sorry to put it so bluntly, but who cares? The Nobel Peace Prize has been useless for generations. Ever since they gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing, it is the Democratic Peace Prize. It is If the liberal socialists of Europe Peace Prize. It has nothing to do with actually solving problems are getting things done, outside of the scientific realm where they do good work. But when it comes to peace? No! It’s a lopsided establishment old-school view of the world. And here is the key factor. What got this agreement done is the fact that Donald Trump and Steve Witkoff are outsiders. Anybody who followed the regular diplomatic playbook would have been no progress in the Middle East. They’d have succumbed to the temptation that the only way through the Middle East is a Palestinian state. Donald Trump did the exact opposite and worked around that issue to bring peace to the Middle East and now Gaza. The Nobel
Peace Prize, who cares?ROBERTS: : Well… [laughter] I don’t want to dispute you, Ari, but I think President Trump would care if he were awarded it. Thank you for joining us.FLEISCHER: He won’t get it.ROBERTS: No? You don’t think so?FLEISCHER: No. They will never do it. They won’t give it — they are too captive of the old think.ROBERTS: Wow. All right, well we’ll be watching and well see. Ari, as always, thank you.
The Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded at about 5 a.m. ET on Friday.
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