Meghan Hays on Trump’s Potential Nobel Prize: ‘It Is So Obnoxious That He Thinks He Should Get It’

HAYS: “So, I would say give it to him so we can stop talking about it because it is so obnoxious that he thinks he should get it. I mean what — we could go through all of the number of reasons why he shouldn’t get it. He’s going to invade Greenland, the rights he wants to take away from press, pulling on the World Health —“
CORNISH: “Meghan, we have been talking about invading Greenland. I mean, listen, I feel like —“ [crosstalk]
HAYS: “Donald Trump said he was going to invade Greenland. So [indecipherable] give someone peace.”
CORNISH: “Yes, but the villain origin story of this is when Obama won the Nobel Prize.”
HAYS: “Great. Give it to him.”
CORNISH: “And the perception on the right was he did not deserve it.”
HAYS: “I just — what he is doing to this country, what he is doing to — pulling out of the World Health Organization, how he treats journalists and doesn’t want free speech for folks, that, I mean, there’s a lot of reasons why he shouldn’t get it, but —“ DUBKE: “All — all — all of your reasons — all of your reasons have nothing to do what the prize is given for. It’s like somebody goes into the hall of fame, but we’re not going to put them in the hall of fame for their — for their actions on the field because of their personal life.”
HAYS: But that’s not [indecipherable]. No, but that’s not peace — these aren’t things that are like we (ph) have peace in the world.”
DUBKE: “But it’s not all encompassing for their entire life.”
CORNISH: “I admire your commitment, but you know this prize is going to come out. So, you don’t need —“
HAYS: “And I think he — [crosstalk] — we’ll stop talking about it.”
CORNISH: “Yes.”
CHAMBERS: “The deadline for submissions was January 31st. So, some of the things that you’re talking about came afterwards. And some of the nominations are for next year.”
DUBKE: “Right.”
CHAMBERS: “So —“
CORNISH: “Well, we know Netanyahu probably submitted in time.”
CHAMBERS: “He —“
HAYS: “He also said —“
CORNISH: “He made a show of that at an event.”
CHAMBERS: “That was in July.”
CORNISH: “Yes. Yes.”
CHAMBERS: “That was actually afterwards.”