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Originally Posted by Ryzorian

Honestly, I strongly suspect him being the first American of African decent becomeing president, is why he won the award, that itself is a major breakthrough.

I think I'd agree with that more if this award was based on America alone, but it's an international thing. They gave reasons as to why they felt he deserved it, some of which seems to include how he's trying hard to strengthen our ties internationally (and this was before he won the election) and help get rid of the "bully" stigma that America has and the fact that he's a strong promoter of world peace. We just have to go with that.