The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado
The award goes to the person or organisation that’s done the most “for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses”
US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award, but nominations closed in January - at the start of his second term in office
Trump will now threaten to take over Venezuela, hit Norway with 300% trade tariffs, and argue that the Nobel Prize means nothing at all whilst simultaneously saying its committee is a fraud and he actually won it.
I’m more worried he’ll take it out on Palestine via the ceasfire, because he’s a petty bitch.
Like Israel would ever honor a cease fire regardless of what Trump did.
“Actually Bibi just keep killing them, what’s the point anymore?”
Bibi: No change in plans, then?
Bookmarked! I want to see how accurate this becomes. That’s all he wanted so he can one up Obama.
And will also say that he’s never heard of this Alfred Nobel guy.
There’s a complication for Trump. He hates Maduro. The US in general (by which I mean administrations of both major political parties) wants him out. Machado is the major candidate of the opposition to Maduro. She also would give away Venezuela’s oil reserves, which the US definitely wants.
So the Nobel committee just awarded the prize to someone who 1) is hardly a voice for peace, and 2) Trump generally needs to support. Now, #2 is based on Trump not being a shortsighted idiot, and we all know how that works out.
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@gigachad Ok, I will remind you on Monday Oct 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM UTC.