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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 125 points 5 days ago (6 children)

The fact that it went to a Venezeuelan woman is going to absolutely enrage him.

[–] tree_frog_and_rain@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (3 children)

A far right Venezuelan woman.

Peace prize is a joke.

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[–] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago

Hope she's not a fan of sport fishing.

[–] AliSaket@mander.xyz 17 points 5 days ago

That particular Venezuelan woman was one of the leaders of the coup attempt against Chavez in the early 2000s and has been an opposition leader ever since. What makes this complicated is that she welcomed sanctions and coup attempts by the US, including during Trump's first term and she even pleaded to Netanyahu to liberate Venezuela with military force (wasn't able to find a better source since search results are very award focused right now).

She has close ties to Israel's Likud party, and wants to open the Venezuelan embassy in Jerusalem after Chavez ended diplomatic relations after their assault on Gaza in 2009 and likened Venezuela's struggle to the one of Israel.

From the will of Alfred Nobel outlining who is to receive the prize:

and one part to the person who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses.

I'm wondering how the committee is squaring this requirement with her calling for "the use of power" by external forces.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 102 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Loses? He was never eligible to win it in the first place. You can nominate a goldfish to win a mountaineering award all you like, but that doesn't mean it going to happen.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago

Yeah, this is a weird way to frame this story. Did he also "lose" at Jeopardy and the NLDS? Just because he said he wanted to win doesn't mean he was either nominated or considered.

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 days ago

Nominations were in January, he never had a chance. All for attention

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 days ago

Lol he did lose. Even if he didn't know he wasn't playing, he thinks he lost, and I like that.

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago (18 children)

NBC had to stop carrying the show "The Biggest Loser" because it was clear in 2015 both who accurately held the title and would continue to for the next decade.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 56 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Now watch as the US gov. announces a new award called the "Trump prize" which they claim to be much more prestigious than the Nobel prize, and is only awarded to the staunchest of bigots and pedos.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

You've predicted the next article from the Onion that ends up coming true.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

The Trump Prize is a small gold-plated toilet.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 37 points 5 days ago

WHAT? You mean Jeffrey Epstein's Best Friend who is Kidnapping Children with Unmarked Masked Individuals and taking them to Undisclosed Locations while giving the EXACT same Billionaires on Epstein's List access to This Knowledge DIDNT get the Peace Prize? It's those DAMN LIBRULS FAULTS!

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 46 points 5 days ago (2 children)

How could the peace prize have gone to a guy that indiscriminately and extra-judicially murders people in boats for attention... along many other reasons.

[–] Small_Quasar@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago
  • Threatens northern and southern neighbors with whom your nation had shared peaceful relations for centuries with invasion
  • Doesn't get Peace Prize
  • Shocked Pikachu face
[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 39 points 5 days ago (4 children)

He'll create his own Trump Peace Prize, and he'll be the first recipient. Additional prizes will be available for anyone willing to "donate".

[–] sarcasticsunrise@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is so fucking dumb that I can actually see him doing this tbh

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[–] blattrules@lemmy.world 41 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What a loser; they just gave that thing to Obama as soon as he got elected and Trump has gotten elected twice and has been campaigning for the prize for months now, asking everyone he knows to nominate him but they gave it to a woman opposition leader from Venezuela instead. Hopefully he’s really hurt by this.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Someone who is both foreign and female? Oh he's gonna be PISSED

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 days ago

I like this for him. His greasy little heart is under so much pressure, after all...

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

But she's kissed his ass, so now he might be inhibited from bitching about it.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Guess we're invading Norway, huh?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The winner is a Venezuelan politician, so perhaps Trump will launch that war he wants with Venezuela to go retrieve "his" medal from them.

[–] Novamdomum@fedia.io 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Launching a war to go retrieve his Nobel PEACE prize. This stuff writes itself lol

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 27 points 5 days ago

Came here to post this story. Anyway, it's amazing that this is not The Onion.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago

What a spoiled child. Like a kid that fucked up at schools and was still allowed to graduate. The ultimate participation trophy. A life where no actual consideration, effort, or sacrifice need be made and still be handed everything.

Fuck that guy.

[–] Octavio@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

LOL there was never any chance of him winning it.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Nobody likes him, except his idiotic cult members

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

“That did not sway the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which on Friday said the recognition was going to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.””, for those too lazy to click but curious who did win

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[–] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

The deadline for proposing a Nobel prize candidate closed in January, this year. Trump was never even in the running. Which makes his constant whining about it even more pathetic.

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[–] pfunk1978@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

It's like 2 bullies against one weak kid. One bully stands by and watches the other nearly beat the kid to death. The one standing by thinks himself a humanitarian when he says "Hey, that's enough. You kill him and we'll both be in big trouble."

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

He didn’t earn those elections. His political and corporate backers paid for him to win. They paid to rig the elections and blanket campaign ads in front of all the rural poorly educated morons in America.

Cheeto Mussolini never earned anything in his life. He was given a fortune from his father, which he squandered and ruined every business, he laid his hands on.

The fact that people are arguing about democracy and voting and how this piece of shit got in the office really shows that they missed the greater issue in America. Corporate powers want everyone to fight against each other over social issues, cultural issues, and anything else that distracts people from understanding who is actually in charge.

[–] virku@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The nomination closed days after his inaugeration. He would never get it this year..

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[–] geriatricpark@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I know he’s full of shit, but does anyone know what “eight wars” he supposedly stopped?

[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

The 8 wars Trump claims to have ended

Israel and Iran

Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Armenia and Azerbaijan

Thailand and Cambodia

India and Pakistan

Egypt and Ethiopia

Serbia and Kosovo

Rwanda

Gabon

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

But they did give it to one of his Venezuelan toadies as a consolation prize. I wonder if that was intended to piss him off even more.

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