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Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 awarded to Maria Corina Machado for working toward democracy in Venezuela; White House issues statement

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I assume the Chief of Protocol at State was on hand to accept this gift on behalf of the American people.
It's been sent to a Qatari bank so it can benefit the people of Venezuela.
 
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it's not generous she wants to run the country and knows buttering up trumps ego is the only way to do it, and the comittee has flat out said no that doesn't mean anything obviously.

She should have read some of the many Pulitzer Prize winning books that Donald Trump has written about business negotiations. She had a weak hand and played it. Now President Trump has the Prize and She will continue doing what she has been, not being President of Venezuela.
 
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She should have read some of the many Pulitzer Prize winning books that Donald Trump has written about business negotiations. She had a weak hand and played it. Now President Trump has the Prize and She will continue doing what she has been, not being President of Venezuela.
Never give someone what he wants, or you lose all leverage.

Learned that from Battlefield Earth, one of the most inspiring pieces of art I have ever watched.
 
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Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support

A photo released by the White House shows Trump beside Machado, holding a large gold-framed plaque that appeared wall-ready, containing the medal and the dedication: “Presented as a personal symbol of gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan people in recognition of President Trump’s principled and decisive action to secure a free Venezuela.”

She was later photographed holding a Trump-branded swag bag as she left the White House – with little clarity on her political future.
 
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You know who else was given a Nobel Prize by its actual recipient?
My guess got the wrong head of a Hydra!

I found it interesting what another did with his Medal.

  • Dmitry Muratov (Peace Prize 2021): The Russian journalist sold his medal for USD 103.5 million in June 2022. The entire sum was donated to UNICEF’s fund for Ukrainian refugee children. This is the highest price ever paid for a Nobel Prize medal.
Seems they gave the prize to the right person in 2021.
 
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Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support

A photo released by the White House shows Trump beside Machado, holding a large gold-framed plaque that appeared wall-ready, containing the medal and the dedication: “Presented as a personal symbol of gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan people in recognition of President Trump’s principled and decisive action to secure a free Venezuela.”

She was later photographed holding a Trump-branded swag bag as she left the White House – with little clarity on her political future.
Well now her usefulness has just expired.
 
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