María Corina Machado is DISGUSTING. This dishonors the Nobel Prize and spits in the Committee's face.

[Miles Archer]

And yes. I do know that she "gave" him the physical MEDAL, and that the Committee has said in no uncertain terms that she can't transfer the HONOR itself. I assume that in his next TV interview, it will be on the Oval Office desk, placed to make sure it's in the camera shot.

Venezuelan opposition leader 'presented' Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize

https://www.rawstory.com/maria-corina-machado-trump-nobel-prize/

[JBTaurus83]

1. She didn't deserve it either

The committee doesn’t always have the best taste.

[RockRaven]

6. The primary disgrace was giving her the prize in the first place.

An enemy of a monster is sometimes also a monster, just a different type.

[Aviation Pro]

2. What a wasted award

I don’t know if there’s a process to rescind the honor but if there is the Nobel committee can do itself a solid and do it.

[sir pball]

3. There isn't. Can't be transferred nor revoked.

Pretty sure they'd have stripped good ol' Henry of his, if it were possible.

[GusBob]

4. Im a gentleman. I'd imagine there are coarse words to describe such a woman

Do they spit or .......?

[La Coliniere]

5. So many others much more deserving of that award.

Seems like the Nobel Committee needs better criteria to determine who gets that award if people are to believe it’s worth the prestige it offers its recipients.

[allegorical oracle]

7. At the rate Miller and Trump are running around pouring gasoline and throwing

lit matches, there may not be another Peace Prize awarded for a while.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

8. Who cares

He didn't earn it and no matter how it's spun. They did not award it to him. It will always be second hand. And he knows it. We know it. And he knows we know. Lol ... Don't get yr panties in a bunch over this. It will always be an indicator of a second banana! Something to be laughed at. Losers all.

[kimbutgar]

9. The Nobel Peace prize committee needs to revoke the prize from her and erase her getting it.

And making the one she presented to the orange piggy invalid and demand the return of it to the committee!

[TheProle]

15. Can't be transferred or revoked.

Just more political theatre to keep people's eyes off the real issues.

He's no more a Nobel recipient than someone who buy a Super Bowl ring in a pawn shop is a football champion.

[Emrys]

10. No more valid than the Purple Hearts the five-times draft dodger gloated about accepting from the legitimate recipients

Trump Tells Purple Heart Recipients Life Wasn’t So Easy for Him Either

Trump dodged the draft, by the way.

Donald Trump’s version of a Purple Heart ceremony apparently involves honoring himself.

The president, a reputed draft dodger, likened himself to America’s wounded or killed veterans Thursday: “It wasn’t that easy for me, either,” he said.

The ceremony was attended by 100 Purple Heart recipients—three of whom had given Trump their own medals last year in the aftermath of the Butler, Pennsylvania, assassination attempt.

“Last year, after an assassin tried to take my life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Thomas generously mailed me one of his Purple Hearts. Many of the other veterans showed me the same unbelievable gesture of kindness, including three-time Purple Heart recipient John Ford and Gerald Enter Jr., who also came along with us and did us a great, great favor,” Trump said.
...
“Gerald, John, and Thomas, I want to thank you very much. What a great honor to get those Purple Hearts,” the president continued. “I guess in a certain way, it wasn’t that easy for me, either, when you think of it. But you went through a lot more than I did, and I appreciate it all very much.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/198927/trump-purple-heart-recipients-life-wasnt-easy-either

Stripped of significance and any trace of honour, these are mere trinkets on a par with the cheap gilded crap with which he festoons every free vertical surface in the White House.

[KS Toronado]

11. Threatening María Corina Machado to give up her Peace Prize

OR ELSE, this is what I'm gonna do to you and Venezuela, is not how a person wins it.

I'll bet he threaten her !

[rampartd]

12. i think she is tryng to get him on her side

in the upcoming venezuelan chaos.

are we delivering any aid/assistance to the venezuelans? didn't think so.

[Anxy]

13. Does that entail letting him keep Venezuelan oil?

?

[rampartd]

14. the oil is his unless our congresscritters reestablish the constitution

or until the venezuelans make it too costly to pump.

[Doodley]

16. She's doing what she has to do to bring peace and democracy to Venezuela.

[dalton99a]

17. .

[marmar]

18. She's pathetic and she'll get absolutely nothing out of this except humiliation.

[Stuckinthebush]

21. Pathetic is a good word for them both

And I think she has already been humiliated by Trump. Didn't he say recently that she shouldn't be the leader of Venezuela?

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Didvshe keep the money? nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. MaddowBlog-Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart

The president seems to prefer a model where others do the heavily lifting and then generously turn over their honors.

Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart:

He wants the honors without the sacrifice. He prefers a model in which others do the work and then generously turn over their awards to him, because, as he put it, it’s “much easier.” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-16T16:59:30.116Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-received-a-nobel-peace-prize-the-same-way-he-received-a-purple-heart

That reminded me of a story from almost a decade ago. Politico published this report in August 2016:

Without setting foot on a battlefield, Donald Trump said he received a Purple Heart medal on Tuesday at his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, from a retired lieutenant colonel and supporter.

‘I said to him, “Is that like the real one, or is that a copy?”’ the Republican nominee said moments after taking the stage at a local high school. Trump recounted the exchange, remarking that the man, who he identified as retired Lt. Col. Louis Dorfman said, ‘That’s my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you.’

“I always wanted to get the Purple Heart,” the then-candidate declared. “This was much easier.”

Purple Hearts are awarded to service members or their families after they’re wounded or killed in the course of their military service. Due to alleged “bone spurs” in his feet, Trump avoided military service, but by his own admission, he “always wanted to get the Purple Heart” anyway.

Having someone who actually served in the military hand him the honor was “much easier” for Trump than actually wearing the uniform and putting his life on the line.

With Machado, the story is similar: Trump wants the accolades without the sacrifice. He apparently prefers a model in which others do the heavily lifting and then generously turn over their honors to him, without him having to do anything to merit the award he covets.

But while the president will likely celebrate the Nobel Peace Prize that ended up in his possession, he’ll know — we all know — that there’s a dramatic difference between a gift and earned honors.