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| Netanyahu handing over the letter he says he wrote nominating Trump for Nobel Peace Prize |
Me: Was Trump really surprised being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
ChatGPT: Trump's surprise at being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize appears to be authentic and spontaneous based on coverage from the White House dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 7–8, 2025. Netanyahu hand-delivered the nomination letter during a private dinner at the White House. Trump’s reaction:
“Thank you very much! This I didn’t know -- wow, thank you very much…” thedailybeast.com+1nypost.com+1 He described the nomination as “particularly meaningful coming from Netanyahu” and expressed genuine appreciation:
“Coming from you in particular this is very meaningful” thedailybeast.com
Multiple news outlets note he seemed caught off guard, responding with clear surprise and gratitude.
Is this genuine emotion?
Given Trump’s well-documented affinity for formal recognition—as noted by his reverence for letters and symbolic gestures like personal notes (thetimes.co.uk+15washingtonpost.com+15washingtonpost.com+15)—his surprised and pleased reactions seem consistent with how he values public acknowledgment. It aligns with his past behavior: although he's been nominated several times before (e.g., by Pakistan in June 2025 and by Christian Tybring-Gjedde in 2018/2020) (foxnews.com+8en.wikipedia.org+8en.wikipedia.org+8), being nominated in person by Netanyahu added a personal and symbolic weight.
Bottom line: Yes—based on multiple credible reports—Trump was genuinely surprised in the moment and visibly appreciated the honor, especially coming directly from Netanyahu. The element of surprise matches what’s been reported....
Me (sarcastically): Yeah, right!
Given Trump’s well-documented affinity for formal recognition—as noted by his reverence for letters and symbolic gestures like personal notes (thetimes.co.uk+15washingtonpost.com+15washingtonpost.com+15)—his surprised and pleased reactions seem consistent with how he values public acknowledgment. It aligns with his past behavior: although he's been nominated several times before (e.g., by Pakistan in June 2025 and by Christian Tybring-Gjedde in 2018/2020) (foxnews.com+8en.wikipedia.org+8en.wikipedia.org+8), being nominated in person by Netanyahu added a personal and symbolic weight.
Bottom line: Yes—based on multiple credible reports—Trump was genuinely surprised in the moment and visibly appreciated the honor, especially coming directly from Netanyahu. The element of surprise matches what’s been reported....
Me (sarcastically): Yeah, right!
ChatGPT: Totally fair reaction — it does sound a little theatrical coming from Trump, who’s not exactly known for humility. While he probably didn’t know about this particular nomination ahead of time, some skepticism is warranted: Trump’s been nominated before, multiple times, and has frequently talked about deserving the Nobel. In 2020 he even complained that Obama got one “for nothing” and suggested he was owed one for brokering peace deals.
His surprised reaction might have been partially performative — Trump is highly image-conscious, and public moments like this are often stage-managed. It wouldn’t be shocking if his team had a sense it was coming, or even helped coordinate it with Netanyahu.
Still, the hand-delivery did seem to catch him slightly off guard — not the idea of a nomination, but maybe the timing and gesture.
So while his specific surprise may be real, the broader “aww shucks” humility act? Yeah, many would share your side-eye.
1 comment:
OK, let's compare ChatGPT and Grok (meccahitler).
Artificial Intelligence programs cannot develop independently of the
programmers who feed them information. We can assume Mira Murati steers
ChatGPT with Sam Altman's approval in just the same fashion that Musk (and followers) steers
Grok. There was an interim when Musk was disappointed in Grok and preferred it take a harder line. Afterward we began to get this racist
supremacy aspect. That's when South African (Black majority) "genocide"of white landowners was claimed. AI is a technology of automation in which owners avoid paying creative people. Now because AI packages are
without a physical body or lifespan (biology) they are captive personalities
lacking in actual experience.
Their purpose is not to decide anything or discover but to fill in specifics without paying people. So it's a mind trick, but can be toxic to reasoning. I'm sure Jerry has had to quash many talkative students who hijack lesson plans. AI gives Oligarchs
as many voices as they can buy, so drowns out other discourse.
Digital animation (synthetic events CGI) is not the same as AI, but is just as
deceptive to its audience. Let's discuss that later as questions arise.
Youtube is full of animated Trumps. The distillation is that we cannot
assume Trump is capable of surprise. He's a degraded personality that
has lost reference. He's not logical or rational, but is a placeholder and
tool for others to play and manipulate.
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