Congressman Derrick Van Orden vented his deep disappointment at Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize snub with a passionate rant against the institution itself.

This year’s laureate was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday, with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado granted the honor despite Trump’s increasingly bold and public lobbying for the prize.

Speaking on Newsmax’s Conversations with Nancy Brinker on Sunday, Van Orden raged at the injustice to stand-in host Ed Henry, saying that the committee just couldn’t handle a “strong, America-first leader.”

Speaking of Trump’s efforts in the Middle East, Henry prompted: “Your thoughts, by the way, I can’t resist when you mentioned the Nobel committee.”

Suggesting that a higher power might give Trump a far more heav

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