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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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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

He's the kind of person that participation trophies were created for.

[–] papertowels@mander.xyz 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 13 hours ago

That thing is an insult to participation trophies

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The idea of transferring a Nobel prize makes no logical sense. It's like transferring an academy award. You can give away your trophy but you're still the one the academy officially gave an award to in recognition of your achievements. You can't give away the prestige. You can't give away the record that you were awarded the prize.

[–] EightBitBlood@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

You're missing the punchline that it's the PEACE prize, and Trump wants to acquire it through force.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 21 points 16 hours ago

Remembering back to Trump 1.0, he visited a wounded soldier in the hospital, and admired his Purple Heart, and the MAGA-struck moron (maybe he was medicated) offered it to Trump, who actually took it, saying "I've always wanted one of these."

If you wanted one, go get yourself a traumatic brain injury in a war zone. It would probably improve his cognitive abilities.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

The Nobel committee announce that the "Peace Prize" cannot be transferred or shared.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Trump is so pathetic, why is MAGA attracted to him?

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Believe it or not, they're more pathetic

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Yes he is pathetic and he is a bully.

And too many people think bullies that just take what they want are 'strong'.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 16 points 20 hours ago

"Oil industry's chosen candidate happy to swap worthless bauble for entire country"

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

tbh the world noble peace price is a joke since obama got it for anouncing stuff, not even following through.

and this shitshow is doubling down on it

a fake price for a fake man

it should have never been near 'murica so it doesn't even matter when trump gets one too

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

I agree with your sentiment, but its been a much more significant joke since way before then:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Nobel_Peace_Prize

(Henry Kissinger)

[–] jaxxed@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

I thought that Obama got it for the Iran peace deal, despite being the bomber in chief.

[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago

I think it's weird how conservatives cried over Obama getting the Nobel for basically nothing, but now, Trump's fan club is getting him the Nobel a week after the military raid.

Not saying Obama deserved the prize, but at least it went through the committee. Trump, of course, is not big on the whole "going through the committee" thing.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 31 points 1 day ago

I would be honored if Michael Phelps gave me all his gold medals from Beijing. Then I'd be the best swimmer of all time.

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 16 hours ago

If it were gently misted with a polonium isotope first I'd be fine with this

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

To be clear, this opposition leader applauded the US's murder of Venezuelan boats and has been promising to privatize Venezuela's resources and public sector.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 6 points 20 hours ago

Well, good thing it doesn't matter who or what possesses the prizes. Otherwise, I guess some museum somewhere has Nobels too. (And the British Museum owns Egypt, on account of them having some pharaoh's jewels or something.)

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 131 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago

No, thats more like when trump pocketed the original FIFA World Cup trophy and stole a medal while he was at it.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It reminds me of when, in his first term, a wheelchair bound veteran gave Trump his Purple Heart, and Trump's response, if I remember correctly, was, "I've always wanted one of these."

Trump couldn't even pretend to care about the veteran and just made it about himself.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He also stole a football (soccer) trophy last year. And then put himself in the winners circle and then stole one of their medals. He is the definition of stolen valor.

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[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 41 points 1 day ago (8 children)

How could she transfer the Nobel prize? Sure, prize winners get a medal, a diploma, and monetary award, but what's really important is the recognition and the honor of being a Nobel laureate. A lot of them give the prize money to charity, and...

...oh lord, it's the gold medal. [REDACTED] is such a toddler that he's captivated by shiny, gold baubles.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 18 hours ago

I mean, Trump stole the soccer Club World Cup trophy and put it in the Oval office, leaving the actual champions with a replica.

He doesn't give a shit about the accomplishment, only about the prize.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

[REDACTED] is such a toddler that he's captivated by shiny, gold baubles.

Hey what the fuck man?

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

Spit out our coffee hahaha 😂

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[–] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 day ago

He's a malignant narcissist. He's literally crazy. It wouldn't surprise me if all of the actions he's taken against Venezuela since the Prize was announced comes down to this attempt to literally start a war to steal it and then scream "Nah nah nah! I'm as good as Obamna! No! Better! The best!"

[–] human@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

All we've needed this whole time is a raccoon trap.

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[–] scbasteve7@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Did he make a bet with someone that he could get a peace prize?

[–] human@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 day ago

I think he just hates that Obama has one

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah kinda. Obama got one and he feels immaculated by that.

Edit: emasculated not immaculated lol

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 16 hours ago

I think the word you're looking for is emasculated.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 93 points 1 day ago (2 children)

😂. Oh wait, this isn’t The Onion?!?

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope she assassinates him by poisoning the peace prize

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

She's pretty pro-trump, she probably will give it to him; it seems like an incredibly obvious bribe.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Is she actually pro-Trump or does she just really need his good graces? (genuine question, I don't know much about Machado)

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

She's pretty pro-trump, but to my eye the distinction between if she's courting trump because she just wants the influence he'll bring or if she genuinely believes in his insanity it seems like the same result to me - she's willing to treat with a murdering pedophile wannabe tyrant for power, that's pretty damning on it's own.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The obvious play here is for Machado to give Trump a blatantly fake knockoff of her Nobel Prize. If Trump doesn't immediately realize it he will be unable to admit he got duped later and double down on his prize being real.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Give him one made of chocolate. See how long it takes for him to notice.

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