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In It to Win It

(12,523 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:14 PM Jan 15

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

choie

(6,801 posts)
4. And it is completely meaningless.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
Jan 15

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

johnnyfins

(3,569 posts)
5. And he will display it as if it was awarded to him
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM
Jan 15

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

Rebl2

(17,525 posts)
6. Nobel prize
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:25 PM
Jan 15

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

(5,095 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
Jan 15

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

(17,525 posts)
10. I totally
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:45 PM
Jan 15

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

(28,000 posts)
9. 2 things
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:37 PM
Jan 15

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

(6,934 posts)
15. So ...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:36 PM
Jan 15

... 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

(60,831 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
Jan 15

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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