President Donald Trump announced that his summit with North Korea was being cancelled, and many people online began to wonder about the future of his possible Nobel Peace Prize.

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After Trump cancels North Korea summit, the internet pokes fun at Nobel talk

The mocking came quick.

 

Andrew Wyrich

Tech

Posted on May 24, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 3:02 pm CDT

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has canceled the long-anticipated summit with North Korea that was scheduled to take place next month, blaming the “tremendous anger and open hostility” from the country.

“I felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me, and ultimately, it is only that dialogue that matters,” Trump wrote to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Some day, I look very much forward to meeting you.”

With the president announcing his decision to cancel the meeting, the internet quickly began mocking the months-long push from Trump’s most supportive allies online and in Congress who considered the meeting grounds for a Nobel Peace Prize.

The calls for Trump to win the coveted prize began in earnest in late April when North Korea and South Korea began historic peace talks. Several days later, a group of Republicans in the House of Representatives nominated Trump to win the prize “in recognition of his work to end the Korean War.”

The president seemed to catch wind of the Nobel talk, because he told reporters earlier this month that “everyone thinks” he should win the prize, adding that he only wanted “victory for the world.”

With the summit now canceled, the internet couldn’t help wonder what would happen to the talks of the president winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Maybe Trump fans will try again for the prize next year?

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*First Published: May 24, 2018, 10:36 am CDT