What did Donald Trump claim about foreign policy on 25 Oct 2026? "You know, Obama got the Nobel Prize about two weeks after…"
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
You know, Obama got the Nobel Prize about two weeks after he got into office, and he had no idea why he got it.
Obama was awarded the prize on October 9, 2009, more than eight months after he took office on January 20, 2009, not about two weeks.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama in a press release dated Oslo, October 9, 2009 (Norwegian Nobel Committee, NobelPrize.org). Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
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- Midterm campaign rally for Mike Rogers in Port Huron, Michigan.
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