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Trump slams media for covering hurricane and not Nobel nomination, John Cusack calls him 'self-absorbed criminal'

'I turn on NBC with Lester Holt, another beauty, & they start with the hurricane, and then they went to something and something else and I'm saying, 'First Lady, this is getting a little embarrassing'

President Donald Trump held a campaign rally on Monday, September 21, at Swanton, Ohio, where among other things he talked about how he complained to his wife, Melania, about not having enough media coverage about his Nobel Peace Prize nomination. At the rally, Trump began by saying that his Nobel nomination was a "big deal for our country". "I said let's turn on the evening news. Let's watch it. It's gonna be the big show tonight," he added as the crowd cheered. "Get ready!" He then began to attack the NBC as being "one of the most crooked" and "one of the worst newscast" and within the next few seconds, the audience came to know why he directed his attacks at the particular network.

"I turn on NBC with Lester Holt, another beauty, & they start with the hurricane, and then they went to something and something else and I'm saying, 'First Lady, this is getting a little embarrassing... with 20 minutes into a half-hour show they haven't mentioned the Nobel peace prize.' And then I went through the whole show and they never mentioned it. And then I got nominated for a second one and they never mentioned it."

After whining about the lack of coverage for his Nobel nomination, Trump jumped straight to comparing the same media when they covered former President Barack Obama's Nobel peace prize nomination, feeling the need to stress on his predecessor's middle name in his speech. "When Barack Obama... Barack Hussain Obama," Trump said, pausing for jeers from the crowd. "When Barack Hussain Obama got nominated, he didn't know why he was nominated. It was like right at the very beginning. He didn't do anything. He did nothing. But he got nominated, it was the biggest story I've ever seen. But that's okay, in the meantime, we're president and they're not."

The clip of Trump making these comments at the rally went viral as soon as Vox reporter Aaron Rupar uploaded the same to Twitter. Many people felt it was odd that he addressed his wife as the "first lady" instead of taking her name. "'First Lady, this is getting a little embarrassing...' And.....he has forgotten her name," one said, while another wrote, "Don’t bury the lede. He doesn’t know his wife’s name." A third commented, "I often call my husband 'First Man.' It makes him feel special and he doesn't know I've forgotten his name." A fourth remarked, "'First Lady'? Does that mean he couldn’t remember his wife’s name?" A fifth wrote, "So he calls his wife First Lady? Yeah, that's something completely sane individuals do"

Other people rebuked Trump for always putting his own interests before the interests of the country, adding that looked forward to the day the president was removed from office. "Totally unfit - self-absorbed mentally sick criminal," actor John Cusack commented on the video. One of the others said, "Does he have no shame? It is so disgusting. I feel like I have a flesh-eating disease when he talks." A third remarked, "He needs to be physically removed from office immediately. He's a danger to us all. Truly. Not exaggerating." A fourth wrote, "I look forward to the day we have a grown-up in the White House again." And a fifth quipped, "He didn't GET a Nobel. He got a nomination. There are HUNDREDS of nominations. And his last two were forged."

Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for the part he played in brokering a historic peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month. Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a lawmaker with the populist Progress Party, told the 'Fox News Rundown' podcast on Wednesday, September 9, that the president "should be awarded" for the groundbreaking agreement which helped normalize the relationship between the two nations which had been "hostile conditions for as long as you can remember". He is the one who has nominated the POTUS for the prestigious award.

The last person to receive the award was former President Barack Obama in 2009. Gjedde said that he was surprised by the fact that Obama would be given the award. "I think the Peace Prize was given to Obama because the Nobel Peace Committee leader was very flattered and also very impressed by Obama's speeches and how he behaved during his first month in office as a president," Gjedde said. "Also, he was the first Black president. This was also an achievement in itself. I think that's what the Nobel Peace Prize committee considered. But I think that is not what the Peace Prize committee should consider." He added that the committee should focus on "achievements, not any other criteria'' when deciding on the recipient of the award.