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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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[-] philipsdirk@discuss.tchncs.de 172 points 11 months ago

Trump will now threaten to take over Venezuela, hit Norway with 300% trade tariffs, and argue that the Nobel Prize means nothing at all whilst simultaneously saying its committee is a fraud and he actually won it.

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 51 points 11 months ago

He'll ask to see it and then just steal it

The best predictor for future behaviour is past behaviour

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Wait... which award did he steal?

[-] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 36 points 11 months ago
[-] philipsdirk@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Summarised context. Calling it stealing might be a bit much but still actions typical of Trump.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/fact-check-trump-pocketed-fifa-212100537.html

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Trumps words imply they told him he could keep it. He could be lying as always, or FIFA gave it to him no diff to the million other bribes capitalists have gifted the shit king... neither would surprise me.

Both are pieces of shit, so either way it's criminals scratching each other's backs.

[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Bookmarked! I want to see how accurate this becomes. That's all he wanted so he can one up Obama.

[-] DaMummy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

And will also say that he's never heard of this Alfred Nobel guy.

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

There's a complication for Trump. He hates Maduro. The US in general (by which I mean administrations of both major political parties) wants him out. Machado is the major candidate of the opposition to Maduro. She also would give away Venezuela's oil reserves, which the US definitely wants.

So the Nobel committee just awarded the prize to someone who 1) is hardly a voice for peace, and 2) Trump generally needs to support. Now, #2 is based on Trump not being a shortsighted idiot, and we all know how that works out.

[-] gigachad@piefed.social 2 points 11 months ago

@remindme@mstdn.social 10 days

[-] remindme@mstdn.social 1 points 11 months ago

@gigachad Ok, I will remind you on Monday Oct 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM UTC.

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