Trump sneaks in Nobel Prize jab while touting America’s achievements

President Trump slipped a familiar grievance into his remarks at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, complaining about not having won a Nobel Prize.

The aside came as Trump rattled off a list of inventions and advancements pioneered by Americans, while also touting the country’s dominance in music, sports and culture.  

“Americans have won the most Olympic medals of any country in the world, by far the most Nobel Prizes,” he said, before quickly adding: “Well, they haven’t given me one.”

Trump complained about not being awarded the prize despite having “settled eight wars,” an exaggerated claim he often repeats.  

The U.S. leads the world with more than 420 Nobel Prize laureates, a group of individuals recognized for their discoveries and achievements that have “conferred the greatest benefit to humankind” in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace.

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