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In It to Win It

(12,392 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:14 PM Yesterday

Mara Corina Machado 'Presented' Donald Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mar-corina-machado-presented-donald-215057042.html

Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado told Fox News Thursday that she presented the Nobel Peace Prize she won to President Donald Trump when she met with him at the White House.

Fox News White House correspondent Aishah Hasnie posted to X, “Venezuela opposition leader MACHADO just told Fox she presented the Nobel Peace Prize to TRUMP today.”

Hasnie quoted Machado as saying, “I presented the President of the United States the medal, the peace, the Nobel peace prize…”



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Mara Corina Machado 'Presented' Donald Trump With Her Nobel Peace Prize (Original Post) In It to Win It Yesterday OP
POS ho vapor2 Yesterday #1
Her name is on the medal LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #2
He will have someone "make" a new one for him. johnnyfins Yesterday #7
He'll scratch her name off with a Sharpie. tinrobot Yesterday #14
Well i give them both the medal they deserve! bluestarone Yesterday #3
And it is completely meaningless. choie Yesterday #4
And he will display it as if it was awarded to him johnnyfins Yesterday #5
Nobel prize Rebl2 Yesterday #6
The committee made it clear it is non-transferrable, and her actions, especially in support of someone who tried to lostincalifornia Yesterday #8
I totally Rebl2 Yesterday #10
2 things dweller Yesterday #9
This makes Pu$$y-Grabber BigDemVoter Yesterday #11
Fawning idiocy canetoad Yesterday #12
Stolen Valor??? nt Unrepentant Fenian Yesterday #13
So ... Straw Man Yesterday #15
She may be gambling that he might be more likely to support her goals in Venezuela karynnj 22 hrs ago #16
Oh well... Conjuay 22 hrs ago #17
She took a dump on it. UTUSN 22 hrs ago #18

choie

(6,677 posts)
4. And it is completely meaningless.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
Yesterday

It amaze me that so many people sell their souls to get something from trump. She’s pathetic and so is trump.

johnnyfins

(3,486 posts)
5. And he will display it as if it was awarded to him
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
Yesterday

legitimately. Fucking child is probably wearing the medal in the shower and to bed.

Rebl2

(17,440 posts)
6. Nobel prize
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:25 PM
Yesterday

committee needs some new rules. The rule should be, they can take the medals back when someone gives it to someone else or is the person is found guilty of other crimes in the future. I know they won’t do it, just wishing they would. Wonder who makes up this committee?

lostincalifornia

(4,932 posts)
8. The committee made it clear it is non-transferrable, and her actions, especially in support of someone who tried to
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:34 PM
Yesterday

overthrow our government and incite an insurrection, are deplorable, and highlight that she is NOT deserving of the Nobel Prize.

What a tool for the fascist pig that is occupying OUR WHITE HOUSE.

The one positive thing about it is that she has exposed herself for what she really is, and has fooled no one.






Rebl2

(17,440 posts)
10. I totally
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:45 PM
Yesterday

agree with what you said. I am still disappointed though that they won’t change the rules in cases like this. They need to be more careful in the future who they give the peace prize to. Be more thorough in their investigations of who they consider.

dweller

(27,902 posts)
9. 2 things
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:37 PM
Yesterday

1-Nobel committee should ignore any further recommendations for either machado or Pisswig

2- anyone that claims the Pisswig deserves one , we can now say he has the one he took from machado

eos

✌🏻

Straw Man

(6,929 posts)
15. So ...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:36 PM
Yesterday

... if Tommy Moe gave me his gold medal from the men's downhill in Lillehammer in 1994, would that make me a Olympic skiing champion?

karynnj

(60,812 posts)
16. She may be gambling that he might be more likely to support her goals in Venezuela
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 11:41 PM
22 hrs ago

I doubt he would any more than a bully might help the kid who gives him his lunch money. Not to mention, he has said he is taking their oil. Although he did suggest it would help Venezuela, there is a long history of exploitation where the county being exploited mostly gets the ecological damage while the exploiters get the lion's share of the money.

She has said the current situation is no better than with Maduro. Trump on the other hand has praised the interim leader. Worst still he thinks it is HIS decision and the metric of how good she is is does she do what he wants.

She may feel that had she said no, she would definitely have no influence. The fact also remains that the honor and the reward is hers. Trump looks pathetic.

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