Oct. 11, 2025 7 AM PT
To the editor: If one thing good is finished for egocentric causes, does the very fact of the bottom motive tarnish the benign act?
President Trump is claiming to have ended eight wars. At finest, there are one or two conflicts that he might have ended. It’s too early to inform if the Gaza ceasefire deal will carry actual, long-lasting peace. However the gloss comes off all of it as a result of it seems to be like he took these actions in pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize (“Trump’s quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again,” Oct. 10).
On the identical time, he’s attempting to ship U.S. troops into American cities, threatening to unleash their appreciable drive on Individuals; calling the Division of Protection the Division of Conflict; and taking flimsy authorized motion towards his political foes seemingly motivated purely by hatred.
So again to the query. The reply is simple: Any goodness is totally degraded. Peace isn’t the absence of warfare whereas the facility of vengeance is glorified on the identical time. Peace is an internal high quality mirrored in outer actions.
When phrases urge hatred and set the stage for violence, no variety of peace treaties will produce precise peace.
Attempt as he would possibly, he won’t ever deserve any peace prize.
Joanne Reynolds, Corona del Mar
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To the editor: Trump and the White Home confirmed precisely why the Nobel Peace Prize went to María Corina Machado. As an alternative of displaying grace and good sportsmanship and congratulating the deserved winner, who by the way devoted her Nobel to Trump, the White Home slammed the Nobel Committee for awarding it to another person. Appears just like the Norwegians bought it precisely proper.
Jim Kalin, Los Angeles
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To the editor: I consider Donald Trump is the worst U.S. president who has held workplace throughout my lifetime.
Nonetheless, having mentioned that, I wouldn’t have been disenchanted if he have been to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in acquiring a truce in Gaza. I’m additionally not too torn up concerning the outcomes, although.
Stu Bernstein, Santa Monica
