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Greg Palast: "Trump is not the first official given someone else's Nobel Prize" (Original Post) red dog 1 3 hrs ago OP
Literate guy, Greg Palast, a journalist with integrity. Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #1
All that trashy goldleaf is ALMOST as disgusting as the orange blob in front of it. hlthe2b 2 hrs ago #4
Symbolic Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #5
It wasn't the Peace Prize, it was the Literature Prize, Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #2
Here is the BlueSky Link for easy re-posting Nictuku 2 hrs ago #3
The signs are everywhere... spanone 1 hr ago #6
She is rotten to the core...the ignoble committee should be ashamed of their choice. Lucky Luciano 8 min ago #7

Kid Berwyn

(23,189 posts)
1. Literate guy, Greg Palast, a journalist with integrity.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 07:57 PM
2 hrs ago

OTOH, lookit the smile on the poser…



Trump is stark, raving mad.

Ocelot II

(129,313 posts)
2. It wasn't the Peace Prize, it was the Literature Prize,
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 08:01 PM
2 hrs ago

but the gift was similarly motivated - to curry favor with the recipient. Hamsun was a well-known Norwegian writer, well-respected in the 20s, but during the '30s he fell in with the Nazis and gave his literature prize to Goebbels to show his approval. After WWII was over he was charged with treason in Norway for his support of Quisling and the Nazis, but he was not tried due to his advanced age and apparent senility.

Nictuku

(4,580 posts)
3. Here is the BlueSky Link for easy re-posting
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 08:18 PM
2 hrs ago

Trump is not the first official given someone else’s Nobel Prize medal. In 1943, Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun gave his Nobel medal to Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda. 🧵

Greg Palast (@gregpalast.bsky.social) 2026-01-16T21:30:27.439Z

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