There is seemingly no worthwhile accomplishment or good deed authored by President Trump that the left will give him credit for achieving.
That in itself speaks to the bottomless pits of partisanship and rhetorical poison some have eagerly embraced in the "Age of Trump." Unfortunately for the Democratic Party as a whole, such anger-fueled denial has a spillover effect that hurts the party's electoral chances.
When speaking with former high-level Democrats, I am told that one of the main reasons Trump won last November was because almost the entire Democratic and far-left echo chamber mortgaged its energy and resources trying to demonize Trump instead of addressing the solvable real-world problems affecting their constituents and fellow Americans. But at what cost is this coming to the Democratic Party, or more importantly, to Americans who are desperately seeking its help?
Don't take my word for it. Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban recently criticized Democrats for having no policy or strategy beyond "Trump sucks."
We chose the wrong pressure points, said Cuban on "Pod Save America." "It's just 'Trump sucks.' That's the underlying thought of everything the Democrats do. 'Trump sucks.' Trump says the sky is blue. 'Trump sucks.' That's not the way to win! It's just not! Because it's not about Trump — it's about the people of the United States of America — and what's good for them! And how do you get them to a place where they're in a better position, and it's less stressful for them."
Cuban—who a growing number of Democrats believe might make a credible presidential candidate in 2028—is correct. When will it be peak "theater of the absurd" for that echo chamber? When will working-class and disenfranchised Americans matter to it again? When will national security matter to it again? When will the performance art—intended for literally just a few thousand entrenched elites living in bubbles—stop?
If you only got your information from that echo chamber, you would believe that Trump never accomplished anything; never built anything; was never successful; never made a correct decision; and never had a worthwhile instinct. Ever. And that was before he became president.
Since Trump became president, inhabitants of that echo chamber have seemingly been in a constant state of rage. One of the issues that has most made them apoplectic is Trump. being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Over the last three decades or longer, the Nobel Prize Committee has become for many the poster child for a "woke," left-leaning organization. Especially when it comes to the Peace Prize.
On the surface, there is nothing wrong with that, if the committee members admit that they have morphed into a propaganda arm for the far left and its causes. But they won't. Instead, they - like the Pulitzer Prize Committee - proclaim their nonpartisanship while actively discriminating against conservatives or those they perceive to be on the right.
In 2015, one of its members, Geir Lundestad — possibly suffering a pang of guilt — had the good grace to admit to a mistake. That mistake being the laughable and sycophantic decision to award President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for literally doing nothing.
Obama had been in office for less than nine months when he received the award. Liberal New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof called It "was premature." Obama himself felt so self-conscious about receiving the award that he seriously considered skipping the ceremony.
Years later, while giving that 2015 interview, Lundestad said Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake. In that sense, the committee did not achieve what it had hoped for.
Well, the committee did achieve what it set out to do, which was to fawn over a far-left president by giving him an award he never earned. It just didn't anticipate the immense blowback and ridicule.
Again, it seems that, for the left, Trump should never be given any credit for anything. No matter how patently obvious that he deserves it. Even about keeping the peace and saving lives.
For years prior to him becoming president — when many powerful Democrats sought his friendship and money — Trump spoke out against the war in Iraq and the unnecessary waste of lives, something he continued to do as president. Just as he has done regarding the war in Ukraine. Did those calls against war and to save hundreds of thousands of lives ever reach the Nobel Committee?
What about in 2020 when Trump created the Abraham Accords, an agreement that normalized relations between Israel and Arab countries? Again, in 2009, the committee awarded Obama the award for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Except, that is not what he did — and yet, he still got the award. Trump established the Abraham Accords — and was ignored by the committee.
In 1998, the committee awarded the Peace Prize to John Hume and David Trimble for "their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland." Okay, let's compare. Just recently, Trump was instrumental in preventing all-out war between India and Pakistan. Two nuclear-armed nations. Is that more valuable to the world than finding a "peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland?" Apparently not to the committee.
In 2019, the committee awarded the Peace Prize to Abiy Ahmed "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea." Again, earlier this year, Trump brokered a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. While much of the mainstream media sought to bury the accomplishment, surely the committee knew of it.
Mark Cuban was right to point out that the Democrats only have one failed campaign policy. Trump is right to point out the Nobel Prize Committee's obvious and shameful bias.
Broker peace and save lives should always be recognized — no matter if you are a Democrat or a Republican.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official.
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