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Bad news for the malignant narcissist (Original Post) mcar 15 hrs ago OP
If only NJCher 15 hrs ago #1
What about Noble Peace Prize? Roy Rolling 13 hrs ago #16
And he looks like even more of a fool mcar 11 hrs ago #42
Nobel Committee Says Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred After Machado Says She Wants to 'Share It' With Trump LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #2
They should create a Nobel Participation Trophy leftstreet 14 hrs ago #3
Right? OMG, yes. Conservatives are so vocal about "participation trophies" for snowflake toddlers... Beartracks 9 hrs ago #49
Reality doesn't matter to him or his legion of chuds. flvegan 14 hrs ago #4
As long as Machado gives him her medal, Trump doesn't care about the rules Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #5
Just like when that maga veteran gave cadet bonespurs his purple heart. niyad 13 hrs ago #15
Fine. The whole world will laugh at him mcar 11 hrs ago #43
Someone should give him the Ignoble Piece Prize. MineralMan 14 hrs ago #6
Isn't that what FIFA did? FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #17
The reason he's so obsessed with getting the Nobel peace prize, is that he thinks it's his ticket to heaven in the Fil1957 14 hrs ago #7
He thinks what he did to those children gets erased because someone gives him a medal? Iggo 12 hrs ago #37
And... canetoad 11 hrs ago #40
And Jimmy Carter! COL Mustard 6 hrs ago #54
kingpig pedo doesn't believe in "God" even if he says so (lie) Justice matters. 8 hrs ago #52
"i am limited only by my own morality" trump rampartd 6 hrs ago #53
Well, he does like being unprecedented PatSeg 14 hrs ago #8
He wants it because Barack has one. It's his Jealousy. BurnDoubt 14 hrs ago #9
Bingo! calimary 12 hrs ago #30
I doubt he's religious at all or believes in God. llmart 11 hrs ago #39
There wasn't anyone else in the world more deserving besides Machado? newdeal2 14 hrs ago #10
Agreed. niyad 13 hrs ago #13
I think the granting of the prize has become too political in recent years. Not just Machado, but Obama. At the time Fil1957 13 hrs ago #18
Obama totally deserved it, by uniting a enough people to win in a nation that has been so racist. Doodley 13 hrs ago #24
He would disagree with you... Fil1957 12 hrs ago #34
"I think the Nobel committee was hoping that by giving him the award, Obama would stop the wars." MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #27
I must be one of the few people who don't revere the Nobel Peace Prize. malthaussen 12 hrs ago #32
The Nobel Committee should revoke Machado's Peace Prize simply for offering to give it to Trump. sop 12 hrs ago #35
Agree 👍 MustLoveBeagles 8 hrs ago #51
I literally don't understand why she is doing this. AllyCat 14 hrs ago #11
what exactly is the confusing part? thebigidea 12 hrs ago #28
Thanks for the snark. Just what I wanted today. AllyCat 10 hrs ago #45
It's her way of bribing Trump to be put in power. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #38
Slightly less snark, but still there. AllyCat 10 hrs ago #46
Understood. What I cannot understand is why the Committee awarded niyad 13 hrs ago #12
Maybe because the Nobel Peace Prize isn't about peace? malthaussen 12 hrs ago #33
He'll take it anyway. He'll take his sharpie deminks 13 hrs ago #14
What about the award WE gave him? We had it painted gold and everything! FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #19
She can give him the medal if she wants. cab67 13 hrs ago #20
If there is ever an occasion where Barack must attend, BidenRocks 13 hrs ago #21
But (he says) he ended 8 very hard to end wars, stopped 3 others, and saved tens of millions of lives! Doodley 13 hrs ago #22
Have you ever seen a 2-yr-old . . . AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #23
Piggy bullied, bribed and threatened her to hand it over to him. And the whole world knows it. MorbidButterflyTat 12 hrs ago #25
Not a day goes by without the whole world young_at_heart 12 hrs ago #26
I'm 90... homegirl 11 hrs ago #41
Well, there goes Machado's chance to become president of Venezuela. sop 12 hrs ago #29
On the contrary, TSF will use force to install her as president. nt Wednesdays 12 hrs ago #36
It can however be coveted by the insane and sane alike Uncle Joe 12 hrs ago #31
YW. mcar 11 hrs ago #44
That will not stop him or her AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #47
That's true. Who cares, though? mcar 9 hrs ago #48
Not to mention PEDO RAPIST, Treasonous Cha 9 hrs ago #50

Roy Rolling

(7,422 posts)
16. What about Noble Peace Prize?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:14 PM
13 hrs ago

Does the rule also apply to the Noble Peace prize or FIFA peace prize?

Can Orange Julius sell them to the highest bidder of acquired or earned?

This only proclamation covers the Nobel Prize, not the “Noble” the idiot scribbles on crayon about.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,025 posts)
2. Nobel Committee Says Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred After Machado Says She Wants to 'Share It' With Trump
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:05 AM
14 hrs ago

This award is not transferable



https://www.latintimes.com/nobel-committee-says-peace-prize-cannot-transferred-after-machado-says-she-wants-share-it-trump-593332

The Norwegian Nobel Institute said that a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred or shared with another person, responding to comments by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who said she wanted to "share" her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize with U.S. President Donald Trump.

"A Nobel Prize cannot be revoked nor transferred to others. Once the laureate or laureates are announced, the decision is final," said Erik Aasheim, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Nobel Institute, which serves as the secretariat for the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Aasheim added that while the prize itself is not transferable, laureates are free to dispose of the prize money as they see fit.

The statement followed remarks by Machado during a Fox News interview on Monday, in which she praised Trump's actions that led to the capture of Venezuela's former president, Nicolás Maduro, and said that "because this is the prize of the Venezuelan people, certainly we want to give it to him and share it with him." Machado said she had not spoken directly with Trump since October, when she dedicated the award to him after it was announced.

leftstreet

(38,868 posts)
3. They should create a Nobel Participation Trophy
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:07 AM
14 hrs ago

He wouldn't know the difference. He'd proudly display it

Beartracks

(14,369 posts)
49. Right? OMG, yes. Conservatives are so vocal about "participation trophies" for snowflake toddlers...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 04:22 PM
9 hrs ago

... but won't shut up about getting one for their OWN snowflake toddler. Just like parents who think their own kid is more special and deserving than every other kid.

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flvegan

(65,792 posts)
4. Reality doesn't matter to him or his legion of chuds.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:07 AM
14 hrs ago

He'll release some statement about how "crooked" it was that he didn't get it, and now it was rightfully his.

And his Foxnews addled cult of nimrods will eat it up. And more merch will be sold and the grift goes on with a recharge.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,066 posts)
5. As long as Machado gives him her medal, Trump doesn't care about the rules
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:14 AM
14 hrs ago

He’ll probably wear it around his neck every day until he dies.

niyad

(129,609 posts)
15. Just like when that maga veteran gave cadet bonespurs his purple heart.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:05 PM
13 hrs ago

It was, and remains, an insult to all actual recipients.

MineralMan

(150,650 posts)
6. Someone should give him the Ignoble Piece Prize.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:18 AM
14 hrs ago

Piece of what, you ask? And well you might.

Fil1957

(546 posts)
7. The reason he's so obsessed with getting the Nobel peace prize, is that he thinks it's his ticket to heaven in the
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:35 AM
14 hrs ago

afterlife.

He thinks all he has to do is show God that he won the Nobel peace prize and God will overlook all the horrible misdeeds and bad behavior in his life and let him into heaven.

He actually believes this.

Iggo

(49,662 posts)
37. He thinks what he did to those children gets erased because someone gives him a medal?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:38 PM
12 hrs ago

If he believed in the afterlife, he’d be scared shitless.

COL Mustard

(7,996 posts)
54. And Jimmy Carter!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 07:56 PM
6 hrs ago

Who, IMO, was one of the most deserving recipients ever of the award.

Justice matters.

(9,413 posts)
52. kingpig pedo doesn't believe in "God" even if he says so (lie)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 05:23 PM
8 hrs ago

he thinks he IS god himself, one who can decide who lives and who dies, like the best "god" to ever existed.

PatSeg

(52,216 posts)
8. Well, he does like being unprecedented
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:47 AM
14 hrs ago

He thrives on superlatives and finally he has become one. Hey, if you can't be the best, might as well be the worst.

BurnDoubt

(1,486 posts)
9. He wants it because Barack has one. It's his Jealousy.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:50 AM
14 hrs ago

He's led by The Seven Deadlies.
That's his North Star.

llmart

(17,327 posts)
39. I doubt he's religious at all or believes in God.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 02:19 PM
11 hrs ago

Everything about him is a fraud, so no, he doesn't worry about going to hell. In fact, he probably believes he IS God.

You have it correct that he is only guided by his very base instincts, none of which are Christian.

newdeal2

(4,803 posts)
10. There wasn't anyone else in the world more deserving besides Machado?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:51 AM
14 hrs ago

I think the committee made their first mistake there.

Fil1957

(546 posts)
18. I think the granting of the prize has become too political in recent years. Not just Machado, but Obama. At the time
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:35 PM
13 hrs ago

Obama got it, he was overseeing two wars. I think the Nobel committee was hoping that by giving him the award, Obama would stop the wars.

It didn't work.

For those who say Obama didn't deserve it, they're right. Even Obama said he didn't deserve it.

Doodley

(11,648 posts)
24. Obama totally deserved it, by uniting a enough people to win in a nation that has been so racist.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:59 PM
13 hrs ago

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,201 posts)
27. "I think the Nobel committee was hoping that by giving him the award, Obama would stop the wars."
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:05 PM
12 hrs ago

That's quite an assumption. I totally disagree.

malthaussen

(18,404 posts)
32. I must be one of the few people who don't revere the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:13 PM
12 hrs ago

Considering some of the clowns to whom the committee has awarded it, it's value is proportional to the worst recipient. It's a lot like the various Halls of Fame in that, or sports awards like Golden Gloves and MVPs. Some of the choices just suck.

-- Mal

sop

(17,471 posts)
35. The Nobel Committee should revoke Machado's Peace Prize simply for offering to give it to Trump.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:25 PM
12 hrs ago

AllyCat

(18,537 posts)
11. I literally don't understand why she is doing this.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:55 AM
14 hrs ago

Why is everyone in the world bowing to this a$$hole?

Are they all afraid?

If so, not only is democracy done, the world is done too.

thebigidea

(13,559 posts)
28. what exactly is the confusing part?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:05 PM
12 hrs ago

She seeks power but doesn't have enough support in Venezuela to win an election. Trump can put her in power and America will keep her in power. The end.

Wiz Imp

(9,016 posts)
38. It's her way of bribing Trump to be put in power.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:49 PM
12 hrs ago

100% obvious. And it will likely work because ultimately, she's a Trump clone who is every bit as evil as Trump and Maduro.

niyad

(129,609 posts)
12. Understood. What I cannot understand is why the Committee awarded
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:02 PM
13 hrs ago

it to machado in the first place, ignoring actual peace activists.

malthaussen

(18,404 posts)
33. Maybe because the Nobel Peace Prize isn't about peace?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:17 PM
12 hrs ago

It's a weird bauble. What can you say about something that was awarded to Henry Kissenger and was not awarded to Mahatma Gandhi?

-- Mal

deminks

(11,471 posts)
14. He'll take it anyway. He'll take his sharpie
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:02 PM
13 hrs ago

And cross out the name on it, write his own name on it.

FakeNoose

(40,218 posts)
19. What about the award WE gave him? We had it painted gold and everything!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:36 PM
13 hrs ago

It even has his name on it ... sort of.



cab67

(3,640 posts)
20. She can give him the medal if she wants.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:37 PM
13 hrs ago

It's hers. She can do whatever she wants with it.

It would just end up being auctioned off to pay one of Old Colostomy's obligations after he croaks, so I hope she'd be cool with that

BidenRocks

(2,788 posts)
21. If there is ever an occasion where Barack must attend,
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:41 PM
13 hrs ago

say Chumps funeral, he should show up in a tan suit wearing that prize!
Michelle won't attend but give Hillary the I Don't Care, Do You? jacket.
Let the meme machine fly!

Doodley

(11,648 posts)
22. But (he says) he ended 8 very hard to end wars, stopped 3 others, and saved tens of millions of lives!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:56 PM
13 hrs ago

AverageOldGuy

(3,364 posts)
23. Have you ever seen a 2-yr-old . . .
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:57 PM
13 hrs ago

. . . when you tell him/her they can't have something? And they throw themselves on the floor and threaten to hold their breath until they get it?

Maybe Trump will try that . . . and at his age . . . this could be just what we need.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,201 posts)
25. Piggy bullied, bribed and threatened her to hand it over to him. And the whole world knows it.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:03 PM
12 hrs ago

She should give him one of those chocolate medallions in a gold wrapper, and write "Peace Prize," on it with a Sharpie. He's so brainless he won't know the difference.

young_at_heart

(3,998 posts)
26. Not a day goes by without the whole world
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:03 PM
12 hrs ago

reporting on his latest debacle or embarrassment. Maybe it's because I'm in my 80's, but I'm finding it very difficult to manage my emotions whenever his name is mentioned!

AverageOldGuy

(3,364 posts)
47. That will not stop him or her
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:34 PM
10 hrs ago

She desperately wants to kiss his ass and get his endorsement for election as President of Venezuela.

He desperately wants a Nobel Peace Prize.

If she gives hers to him, in the minds of reasonable, intelligent people it will be an empty, stupid gesture.

In his mind it’s an honor; in her mind it gains her some important support; in the minds of 35% of the US electorate it makes him a Nobel laureate.

Neither he nor she gives a rat’s ass what reasonable, intelligent people think.

Cha

(316,889 posts)
50. Not to mention PEDO RAPIST, Treasonous
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 04:43 PM
9 hrs ago

Felon Homicidal Mass Murderer.

Mahalo mcar.

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