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Miles Archer

(21,882 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:13 PM 19 hrs ago

María Corina Machado is DISGUSTING. This dishonors the Nobel Prize and spits in the Committee's face.

And yes. I do know that she "gave" him the physical MEDAL, and that the Committee has said in no uncertain terms that she can't transfer the HONOR itself. I assume that in his next TV interview, it will be on the Oval Office desk, placed to make sure it's in the camera shot.

Venezuelan opposition leader 'presented' Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize

https://www.rawstory.com/maria-corina-machado-trump-nobel-prize/
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María Corina Machado is DISGUSTING. This dishonors the Nobel Prize and spits in the Committee's face. (Original Post) Miles Archer 19 hrs ago OP
She didn't deserve it either JBTaurus83 19 hrs ago #1
The primary disgrace was giving her the prize in the first place. RockRaven 19 hrs ago #6
What a wasted award Aviation Pro 19 hrs ago #2
There isn't. Can't be transferred nor revoked. sir pball 19 hrs ago #3
Im a gentleman. I'd imagine there are coarse words to describe such a woman GusBob 19 hrs ago #4
So many others much more deserving of that award. La Coliniere 19 hrs ago #5
At the rate Miller and Trump are running around pouring gasoline and throwing allegorical oracle 19 hrs ago #7
Who cares SuzyandPuffpuff 19 hrs ago #8
The Nobel Peace prize committee needs to revoke the prize from her and erase her getting it. kimbutgar 19 hrs ago #9
Can't be transferred or revoked. TheProle 19 hrs ago #15
No more valid than the Purple Hearts the five-times draft dodger gloated about accepting from the legitimate recipients Emrys 19 hrs ago #10
Threatening María Corina Machado to give up her Peace Prize KS Toronado 19 hrs ago #11
i think she is tryng to get him on her side rampartd 19 hrs ago #12
Does that entail letting him keep Venezuelan oil? Anxy 19 hrs ago #13
the oil is his unless our congresscritters reestablish the constitution rampartd 19 hrs ago #14
She's doing what she has to do to bring peace and democracy to Venezuela. Doodley 18 hrs ago #16
. dalton99a 2 hrs ago #17
She's pathetic and she'll get absolutely nothing out of this except humiliation. marmar 2 hrs ago #18
Didvshe keep the money? nt leftyladyfrommo 1 hr ago #19

RockRaven

(18,770 posts)
6. The primary disgrace was giving her the prize in the first place.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:23 PM
19 hrs ago

An enemy of a monster is sometimes also a monster, just a different type.

Aviation Pro

(15,278 posts)
2. What a wasted award
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:15 PM
19 hrs ago

I don’t know if there’s a process to rescind the honor but if there is the Nobel committee can do itself a solid and do it.

sir pball

(5,255 posts)
3. There isn't. Can't be transferred nor revoked.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:19 PM
19 hrs ago

Pretty sure they'd have stripped good ol' Henry of his, if it were possible.

GusBob

(8,143 posts)
4. Im a gentleman. I'd imagine there are coarse words to describe such a woman
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
19 hrs ago

Do they spit or .......?

La Coliniere

(1,768 posts)
5. So many others much more deserving of that award.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
19 hrs ago

Seems like the Nobel Committee needs better criteria to determine who gets that award if people are to believe it’s worth the prestige it offers its recipients.

allegorical oracle

(6,223 posts)
7. At the rate Miller and Trump are running around pouring gasoline and throwing
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:24 PM
19 hrs ago

lit matches, there may not be another Peace Prize awarded for a while.

SuzyandPuffpuff

(416 posts)
8. Who cares
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:25 PM
19 hrs ago

He didn't earn it and no matter how it's spun. They did not award it to him. It will always be second hand. And he knows it. We know it. And he knows we know. Lol ... Don't get yr panties in a bunch over this. It will always be an indicator of a second banana! Something to be laughed at. Losers all.

kimbutgar

(26,898 posts)
9. The Nobel Peace prize committee needs to revoke the prize from her and erase her getting it.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM
19 hrs ago

And making the one she presented to the orange piggy invalid and demand the return of it to the committee!

TheProle

(3,915 posts)
15. Can't be transferred or revoked.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:43 PM
19 hrs ago

Just more political theatre to keep people's eyes off the real issues.

He's no more a Nobel recipient than someone who buy a Super Bowl ring in a pawn shop is a football champion.

Emrys

(8,942 posts)
10. No more valid than the Purple Hearts the five-times draft dodger gloated about accepting from the legitimate recipients
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM
19 hrs ago
Trump Tells Purple Heart Recipients Life Wasn’t So Easy for Him Either

Trump dodged the draft, by the way.

Donald Trump’s version of a Purple Heart ceremony apparently involves honoring himself.

The president, a reputed draft dodger, likened himself to America’s wounded or killed veterans Thursday: “It wasn’t that easy for me, either,” he said.

The ceremony was attended by 100 Purple Heart recipients—three of whom had given Trump their own medals last year in the aftermath of the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt.

“Last year, after an assassin tried to take my life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Thomas generously mailed me one of his Purple Hearts. Many of the other veterans showed me the same unbelievable gesture of kindness, including three-time Purple Heart recipient John Ford and Gerald Enter Jr., who also came along with us and did us a great, great favor,” Trump said.
...
“Gerald, John, and Thomas, I want to thank you very much. What a great honor to get those Purple Hearts,” the president continued. “I guess in a certain way, it wasn’t that easy for me, either, when you think of it. But you went through a lot more than I did, and I appreciate it all very much.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/198927/trump-purple-heart-recipients-life-wasnt-easy-either


Stripped of significance and any trace of honour, these are mere trinkets on a par with the cheap gilded crap with which he festoons every free vertical surface in the White House.

KS Toronado

(23,131 posts)
11. Threatening María Corina Machado to give up her Peace Prize
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:36 PM
19 hrs ago

OR ELSE, this is what I'm gonna do to you and Venezuela, is not how a person wins it.

I'll bet he threaten her !

rampartd

(3,921 posts)
12. i think she is tryng to get him on her side
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:38 PM
19 hrs ago

in the upcoming venezuelan chaos.

are we delivering any aid/assistance to the venezuelans? didn't think so.

rampartd

(3,921 posts)
14. the oil is his unless our congresscritters reestablish the constitution
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:42 PM
19 hrs ago

or until the venezuelans make it too costly to pump.

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