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The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado

The award goes to the person or organisation that's done the most "for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses"

US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award, but nominations closed in January - at the start of his second term in office

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 54 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)

Its hard not to see this as at least mildly trolling Trump by giving it to a Venezuelan, considering he seems pretty dead set on starting a war with Venezuela while also never shutting up about how he thinks he deserves the peace prize

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 36 points 3 weeks ago

Well, she's actually on the same page. Machado has supported an American military intervention to oust the Maduro government.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She’s a far right escualido, a Trump fluffer.

[–] BCBoy911@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

She literally dedicated her prize to Trump on twitter 😭 what a joke

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It’s the equivalent of giving a Nobel peace prize to Laura Loomer. It’s defintely not the Trump own everyone thinks it is.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope they're trolling him, and I hope it hurts him deeply

[–] shplane@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I’m sure he’s got plenty of posts in all caps on his social media site explaining how completely unhurt he is

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

That's how he'll see it for sure, because he's a narcissistic moron. But actually, it looks as though the individual in question is someone who is as opposed to the current Venezuelan regime as Trump is.

In principle this should be a good outcome for Trump, if you believe that his values are what he says they are. However I don't think he could even point to Venezuela on a map of Venezuela, let alone have any interest in who Maria Corina Machado is.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

Trump logic: Start war with Venezuela and complain that stupid committee gave peace price to country at war.