Pop star John Legend, a left-wing critic of President Donald Trump, said on Instagram that Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize next year for his work to bring peace to the Middle East, but added some other qualifications to his support.
Not surprisingly, Legend said that Trump should remove the National Guard from American cities and also end ICE's operations there.
If Trump can additionally go a year without any missile strikes on foreign nations, then Legend said he should be awarded the prestigious global prize.
Of course, the entire video by Legend was dripping with contempt for Trump and condescension toward him and his efforts. His followers loved every second of it, which should tell you everything you need to know.
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The singer used the video to call Trump out on what he called "authoritarian" actions--sending the National Guard into crime-ridden Democrat-run cities to restore order and directing ICE to actually arrest and deport illegal immigrants (which is the law, by the way).
Legend posted the video from somewhere in his house, with family pictures in the background and him in a bathrobe.
He attempted to sound intelligent by waxing on about who has earned the prize in the past and some of the reasons they have won it.
Of course, he doesn't think Trump deserves the prize, as was evident by the description of everything Trump is doing that he'd have to stop in order to "deserve" the prize next year.
This year's award went to Venezuelan Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado for fighting dictatorship in that country.
She dedicated the award in a post on X "to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"
Trump was a little bit salty about not getting the prize after his administration almost singlehandedly brought about peace in the Middle East (for as long as it lasts).
"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives... The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace," White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a post on X.
While it's pretty certain that Trump will not meet Legend's qualifiers before next year's prize is awarded, there's no telling how many more peace agreements he may be able to broker--like maybe for Russia and Ukraineb, for starters--by then.
