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Donald Trump has said it would be “an honor” take Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize if she offered it to him, as he prepares to meet the exiled politician next week.

Machado has been in hiding due to persistent threats on her life, emerging only briefly in Oslo after a three-day mission in which she was smuggled out of the country with the help of the U.S. military for the Nobel ceremony.

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[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Whelp Nobel Peace Committee what do you have to say about giving the award to a boot licker

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

"Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time." - 9 Jan 2026

Source: https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/a-nobel-prize-cannot-be-revoked-shared-or-transferred

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Henry fucking Kissinger was awarded an Nobel. Obama too, despite having just acceded to the presidency and done nothing yet (he would go on and become one of the most prolific drone striker ever). The "peace" Nobel prize is now and always has been a bad taste joke.