President Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Distinguished Australian Law Professors
BY HEATH HARLEY-BELLEMORE | THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LEGAL THEORY ASSOCIATION | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
Our President, Dr Augusto Zimmermann, is among the four distinguished Australian law professors who are nominating U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on the basis of the “Trump Doctrine” to end all endless and unnecessary wars.
Below is the full content of their letter addressed to the Nobel Prize Committee.
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NOMINATION
We come from a nation which has made a significant contribution in the defence of the freedom and liberty of other nations including those distant from our shores. In the world wars, as a percentage of the population, the Australian contribution has been among the largest of those countries distant from the major battlegrounds.
We, David Flint, Augusto Zimmermann, Gabriël A. Moens and James Allan, Professors of Law and Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia, have the honour and pleasure of nominating the world leader who, in our considered opinion, has done the most and the best work for the achievement of fraternity between the nations, for restraint in engaging in hostilities and the holding and promotion of negotiations between the powers for the attainment of peace, Donald John Trump, 45th President of the United States, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Our compatriots have paid a heavy price for this.
Accordingly, we are particularly conscious of the need for peace among the nations.
Against this background, we must especially recognize that President Trump has brought a refreshingly new approach to the quest for peace.
Both in his campaign and in office, he has denounced the pursuit of what he terms ‘unwinnable wars’. Accordingly, he is withdrawing American forces from across the world.
At the same time, he has seen the need to maintain American power, a nation above all dedicated to the pursuit of liberty, freedom and prosperity of all and a strong record of using her forces for deterrence rather than aggression.
He has thus maintained and enhanced the role of the United States as a particularly benign and benevolent power, the testimony of which may be seen in her extraordinary generosity to the defeated powers in the Second World War, and the fact that she made no restrictions or demands, financial or territorial, on them.
President Trump has presided over peace deals in the Middle East between Israel and United Arab Emirates and Bahrein. He has taken action to restrain and eliminate the activities of terrorists within the region.
In what will no doubt eventually be called the Trump Doctrine, his foreign policy has been based on restraint in military engagements, the rebuilding of American military power as a source of dissuasion against aggression and the adoption of alternative and refreshing approaches to achieving peace. Already remarkably successful, this is certain to produce enormous dividends. According to recent reports, up to nine other Middle Eastern countries are interested in joining the growing and radiating network of peace based on the treaty already signed.
In addition, there have been significant advances in maintaining peace in the Balkans through the treaty between Serbia and Kosovo. He has also calmed tensions in the Sea of Japan.
These are truly remarkable achievements during his term in office, a term so marked by significant internal events.
Therefore we, Professors of Law and Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia, have the honour and the pleasure of nominating Donald John Trump, 45th President of the United States, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
This 28th day of September 2020
Emeritus Professor David Flint AM
Professor Augusto Zimmermann
Emeritus Professor Gabriël A. Moens AM
Professor James Allan
Link to article on the WALTA website
Previous nominator announcing this nomination on Facebook.
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Transcript for the YouTube interview:
0:00 can I take you to Donald Trump given
0:0 1that many people would not be aware that
0:03 law professors can nominate someone for
0:04 the Nobel Peace Prize are you and other
0:07 distinguished Professor Zimmerman mowen
0:09 and James Allen writing to nominate
0:11 Donald Trump for what he’s done in the
0:13 Quest for World
0:15 Peace yes we have it is the third
0:18 nomination of Donald Trump for the Nobel
0:21 Peace Prize and it is based on the Trump
0:24 Doctrine the Trump Doctrine is something
0:27 extraordinary as so many things that
0:29 Donald Trump Trump does he is Guided by
0:32 two things which seem to be absent from
0:34 so many politicians he has firstly
0:37 common sense and he is only Guided by a
0:4 1national interest and therefore in our
0:44 circumstances an interest in the Western
0:47 Alliance and what he has done with the
0:50 Trump Doctrine is that he has decided
0:53 that he would no longer have America
0:56 involved in Endless Wars wars which
0:59 achieve nothing nothing but the killing
1:01 of thousands of Young Americans and
1:04 enormous debts imposed on America and
1:07 nothing solved in the countries in which
1:09 it it is carried on so he’s reducing
1:12 America’s tendency to get involved in
1:15 any and every war and then of course the
1:17 peace deal yeah the peace deal between
1:19 Israel and the United Arab emirs nine
1:21 other Middle Eastern countries I mean if
1:22 any other president did this the whole
1:24 world would be barking Nobel
1:27 Prize exactly and what he has done is he
1:30 decided to negotiate that on the basis
1:33 of going against expert advice everybody
1:36 told him oh no you must first get the
1:38 approval of the Palestinians now the
1:41 Palestinians are led by a dictatorship
1:43 they’re dominated by a dictatorship
1:45 they’ll never agree to anything when
1:47 yasa Arafat was given almost the World
1:50 by Bill Clinton he’s found some reason
1:53 not to accept it they don’t want peace
1:55 not the leadership the people certainly
1:57 want peace of course they do but but
1:59 what Trump did was he went ahead and
2:02 negotiated against all advice but he did
2:05 it with common sense he negotiated
2:07 directly with the Arab states concerned
2:10 and Israel and brought them together and
2:12 these states are lining up Arab and
2:15 Middle Eastern to join that network of
2:18 Peace which will dominate the Middle
2:19 East he’s also he’s also been the first
2:22 American President to work out how to
2:25 make
2:26 America energy independent of the Middle
2:30 East so he’s not dependent anymore
2:32 America’s not dependent anymore on
2:35 Middle East and oil as all previous
2:37 administrations were but he’s been able
2:40 to go ahead with this he’s calmed
2:42 tensions in the uh in relation to Korea
2:45 he’s withdrawn from the ridiculous
2:48 agreement that Obama made which allowed
2:50 the mullers to obtain an enormous amount
2:54 of money from America including money
2:57 flowed in and cash to Teran from the
2:59 United states which they invested in
3:02 terrorism and which allowed them to
3:04 develop nuclear weapons he’s withdrawn
3:07 completely from that he is really
3:09 producing peace in the world in a way
3:12 which none of his predecessors did he
3:15 fully deserves the Nobel Peace Prize
3:18 good on you wonderful stuff and of
3:19 course you admitted to mention there he
3:21 sensibly withdrew from that ludicrous
3:23 Paris agreement oh yes yes no he’s the
3:29 he’s the only Western leader who’s
3:31 decided that he will not ruin his
3:33 country by signing up and complying with
3:36 the Western with the Paris agreement
3:38 which is ridiculous in this country for
3:40 example that’s given us the most
3:42 expensive electricity in the world
3:43 whereas we should really have the chance
3:45 ABS because we’re we’re the biggest
3:47 uranium the biggest iron or the biggest
3:50 coal exporters in the world wonderful
3:52 wonderful to talk to you thank you for
3:54 your scholarship thank you for your
3:55 insights we’ll now follow as to whether
3:58 Linda Des the governor of Victoria
4:00 does go by what you say exercise her
4:02 reserve powers and withhold Ascent from
4:05 some of that ridiculous legislation good
4:07 to talk to you Professor Fint very
4:08 grateful for your time
More coverage of this nomination:
SKY NEWS | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/the-trump-doctrine-earns-president-third-nobel-peace-prize-nomination/video/a00d59645622908e4a005a8cfc4ec708
THE HILL | SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/518842-trump-nominated-a-third-time-for-nobel-peace-prize/
NEWSWEEK | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-australian-law-professors-doctrine-against-endless-wars-1534723
WASHINGTON EXAMINER | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2335114/trump-lands-third-nobel-peace-prize-nomination-producing-peace-in-the-world-in-a-way-in-which-none-of-his-predecessors-did/
NTD.COM | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://www.ntd.com/trump-gets-third-nomination-for-nobel-peace-prize_512510.html
THE NATIONAL PULSE | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://thenationalpulse.com/archive-post/trump-nobel-australia/
FOX NEWS | SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-third-nobel-nomination-doctrine.amp
INDEPENDENT SENTINEL | SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
https://www.independentsentinel.com/president-trump-nominated-for-3rd-nobel-peace-prize-for-the-trump-doctrine/
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