Nobel Committee sends a not-so-subtle message to Trump:Venezuelan Maria Machado wins for promoting DEMOCRACY

[hlthe2b]

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-2025-live-latest-news-updates

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee. This live blog is closed

Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize.

The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”.

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, made the announcement at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.

This year’s award committee has been under particular scrutiny after an intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump. The US president has been openly envious that four of his predecessors, including Barack Obama, received the award.

Trump’s outbursts have caused concern in Norway about the risk of retaliation if the 79-year-old did not get what is often considered the world’s most prestigious award.

[gordianot]

1. A truly epic slap in the face,

It’s gotta hurt.

[johnnyplankton]

19. It may feel that way to him and his minions...

he's the antithesis of what the Nobel stands for. It's hard to name one non-fictional thing he's ever done to earn it.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Norway is very brave, the kind of courage we rarely see in the US anymore.

[malaise]

3. Yes

THIS exactly
Can’t wait for the contradictory responses.
Even JoeScum et al haven’t touched it yet - ptobably waiting for guidelines 😂😂😂

[TommyT139]

4. Or a reaction from Trump's Toilet Tweeting.

Any minute now though

[malaise]

6. Yes

Ha

[TommyT139]

8. I bet

...nobody wants to tell him, and when he googled "noble prize" he can't find an update.

[ananda]

5. This prize has served the world of democracy well!

Good

[3auld6phart]

27. Definitely

Now that is a pleasure to read ,Thank you Nobel Committee.exceptional choice.

[yellowcanine]

7. That's gonna leave a mark!

[oasis]

9. Orange blob explosion. News at eleven.

[Gimpyknee]

10. Can't wait to hear what Fuckface von Clownstick has to say about this.

I’m sure he’ll have some congratulatory and gracious remarks.

[orangecrush]

16. ..

[ananda]

29. Absolutely.

[Harker]

11. He'll try to indict the prize committee.

I hope they had a good laugh at their initial meeting.

[Paladin]

12. HAHAHAHAHA!

[3825-87867]

13. Even more stinging, she's from Venezuela!

Guess sinking and killing "supposed Venezuelan drug trafficers" in international waters didn't help.
Bill boards need erected all over D.C. and else where to congratulate Maria!
Talk about "pschotic reactions"! Just wait.

[twodogsbarking]

14. Where I grew up they would say she is real purdy.

[MarcoZandrini]

15. The catsup...

…..is flying in the White House.

[orangecrush]

17. This might do the trick

[OhioTim]

18. Not Sure It Was A Rebuke Of Trump

I read a list of the top 10 candidates by someone in Norway who follows this stuff, and Trump wasn't even on the list.

[ananda]

30. OK, it's worse than a rebuke. It's a downright snub!

Hehe

[Katinfl]

20. To think that he would even be considered is ridiculous.

He does nothing but try to rile up his base and promote dissent in his own country. The Portland and Chicago news says it all. He knows nothing about the meaning of the word “peace”.

[Lonestarblue]

21. Given Trump's declining health, he may not even be alive to be considered next year for the Gaza plan.

That plan may bring temporary peace before Netanyahu or Hamas blows it up, but it doesn’t offer many democratic rights to Palestinians if Israel keeps control of all Gaza and West Bank Palestinians.

[pfitz59]

22. the ketchup is flying today

he'll belittle Norway and bemoan the unfairness

[Champp]

23. Bravissima!

[druidity33]

24. She may believe in Democracy but...

is she a friend of Autocrats?

from a different Guardian article. The last sentence just kinda gets slipped in there.

"Some Venezuelans distrust her as a result of thinly veiled calls for a foreign military intervention to unseat Maduro in the past. She argued in 2019 that only a “a real, credible severe and imminent threat” of the use of international force would convince Maduro to leave power.

Others are suspicious of her ties to radical rightwing politicians such as Trump and Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/10/venezuelan-politician-maria-corina-machado-wins-nobel-peace-prize

[Blues Heron]

25. NO PEACE PRIZE FOR NAZIS! Suck it up cupcake!

[marble falls]

26. A good choice. I suppose it would be too much to hope that TACO will keep his yap shut.

[Johnny2X2X]

28. It's insane Trump and his cabal are pushing for a Nobel Peace prize for his actions regarding Gaza

We've had 9 months of uninterrupted slaughter where Trump has done nothing but encourage the slaughter.

Now there's a deal to get the remaining 48 hostages back (only 20 still alive) in exchange for a partial cease fire and not total withdrawal. The deal will fall apart next week after the hostages are returned because the real plan is to kill or eject every man woman and child from Gaza so Bibi and Trump can sell of their land to their real estate developer financiers.