Him pushing for and then accepting someone else’s peace prize award says everything anyone needs to know about him: he’s the biggest asshole in the world and has no shame.
Don't forget the middle part where he used the US military to kill a bunch of people and kidnap her main political foe.
I believe that if I were a past recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize I would be returning it. Not the money though, because fuck 'em, I'll keep the money.
I think I'd sell it. Hold a big public auction for it. It makes it even more of a statement, and even more money!
Yeahbut . . . See, we already knew that. Like, almost a decade ago that was crystal clear.
For sure, as a New Yorker, I’ve known longer than that, but it still amazes me that there are people who don’t know yet.
The problem that far too many people always miss is that appeasing a bully or a predator only ever encourages more of that behaviour. It never discourages that behaviour.
Seems like she's working with what she's got, which is way less than the might of the US.
But it might prevent the bully from punching you that time. And everyone are cowards who won't gang up to fight the bully
Giving up the Nobel prize / lunch money might not stop them from asking for more next week, but prevent from punching you today.
She's right wing trash, too, isn't she? Why are they surprised?
The award lost any respectability it might have had the second it was given to Henry Kissinger.
And her as well. She's just Venezuelan trump.
Una vendepatrias
Why did they give it to a known trump collaborator lmaooo
Exactly. The peace prize means nothing. Hasn’t since Kissinger got it. 🤡
The same reason they gave it to Obama right before he started bombing civilians in the middle east with drones. It's a political maneuver that backfired.
Because there were (and still are) real problems in Venezuela. She is a key figure in the opposition, and it's widely suspected that the opposition party won the last election, but Maduro's party fucked with the vote.
In a sane world that respects Democracy, it sends a statement that the popular will should be respected, and that the Maduro government was illegitimate. I don't think the Nobel committee expected their award to precipitate armed intervention, which is the opposite of peace.
It's even more ironic because it's not like the will of the Venezuelan people is being honored, even now. Trump is ignoring Machado's party (even after "accepting" that gift of the medal) and is extorting what is left of the government in Venezuela to funnel oil money into a secret bank account.
Basically, the award makes sense in a pre-Trump world, but he has changed all the rules. That last cheeseburger can't come fast enough....
I don't think the Nobel committee expected their award to precipitate armed intervention, which is the opposite of peace.
Then they're idiots and the prize itself is worthless. That was clear as day going to be the promoted result. If they just wanted to promote democracy they could have easily chosen an activist in a country not in the process of being attacked or an activist that wasn't currently encouraging war.
I don't give them the benefit of assumed stupidity. I think they were neoliberals who were particularly concerned by the nationalized industries in Venezuela and who thought even if they found him abhorrent Trump could be a good tool to help set the imperialist-capitalist world back arright.
Then they’re idiots and the prize itself is worthless.
It's been that way at least since they gave it to known war-monger Henry Kissinger...
Then they're idiots and the prize itself is worthless.
Kissinger on line two, chief.
Hahaha what a loser
Wow. I'm gonna start using the phrase «on a scale from zero to Maria Corina Machado regifting her Nobel prize, how desperate and useless are you right now?»
I mean, that's kinda what you get for giving it to a loser in the first place.
Too bad she didn't poison it
It's not transferable. She gave him the gold trinket because that's how you play Trump, but Trump doesn't get the actual peace prize assigned to him. People in here talking as if Trump actually got it.
He'll just go around telling everyone that's the Nobel Prize he won for 'liberating' ven.
It's funny that he thinks this will mean people see him as the winner, in the future, and not a petty little bitch. This will literally have the opposite effect of what he's looking for.
I don't understand. Does Norway not get news?
Who wants to bet Machado offered Trump the Nobel Prize in exchange for kidnapping Maduro?
The award is meaningless and pathetic.
The Nobel committee proved how political they all were when they instantly gave it to Obama after he got elected.
It would be funny if the committee said that no one can have two Nobel peace prize medals so Trump can't be nominated again.
Marie curie, Linus Pauling,John Bardeen, Frederick Sanger.
Give the prize to a shit person, expect shit behaviour.
Also, Trump is a fucking spoiled toddler. He is an octogenarian Dudley Dursley.
Then revoke it from her. It won't stop Trump from having his physical participation trophy. But it will put a big fat asterisk next to that year's every and send a message to future winners.
Better still, let the spite flow through them: revoke it and award that year to someone who Trump fucking hates.
They've already stated that the prize cannot be transferred or revoked.
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