President Donald Trump accepted the Architect of Peace Award from the Richard Nixon Foundation during a closed ceremony at the White House on Tuesday morning.
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho both were jointly leaureated with the Nobel Peace price for achieving peace in Vietnam. Tho refused the award, both because he hated Kissinger and was grossly insulted that Kissinger would get it, but also because there was no peace in Vietnam at that point. Kissinger almost also refused the award, because he was furious that Tho might be getting it too. But, in the end, he decided he wanted one.
Kissinger did not attend the ceremony though, because by then he was widely known as a war criminal and he didn’t want to interact with people who would tell him so to his face (including members of the Nobel committee, two of which resigned when he was awarded). Tho in particular had often screamed at him in public because of the US’s various crimes and deceptions in Vietnam, which was one reason he didn’t like Tho.
Next up: The Henry A. Kissinger Peace Award
Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho both were jointly leaureated with the Nobel Peace price for achieving peace in Vietnam. Tho refused the award, both because he hated Kissinger and was grossly insulted that Kissinger would get it, but also because there was no peace in Vietnam at that point. Kissinger almost also refused the award, because he was furious that Tho might be getting it too. But, in the end, he decided he wanted one.
Kissinger did not attend the ceremony though, because by then he was widely known as a war criminal and he didn’t want to interact with people who would tell him so to his face (including members of the Nobel committee, two of which resigned when he was awarded). Tho in particular had often screamed at him in public because of the US’s various crimes and deceptions in Vietnam, which was one reason he didn’t like Tho.
You know. Peacemakers.