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no trump baby whining at all.
FBaggins
(28,763 posts)She said something nice about Trump
so she is no longer an acceptable recipient for positive comments on DU.
ForgoTheConsequence
(5,215 posts)How do you define "peace"?
"In September, the U.S. military attacked a Venezuelan speedboat carrying 11 people. The army claimed that the boat was carrying drug traffickers, but Venezuela insisted that only fishermen were on board.
Tensions between Venezuela and America soared following the attack, but Machado insisted to The Sunday Times that Trump was right to bomb the boat.
I totally support his strategy, Machado said. And Ive said on behalf of the Venezuelan people that we are very grateful. I think it is the right thing to do. Its courageous. Its visionary.
ForgoTheConsequence
(5,215 posts)I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause, she wrote in a post on X.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/10/maria-corina-machado-trump-nobel-prize-dedication-00601967
niyad
(134,034 posts)to the Venezuelan people and krasnov.
ForgoTheConsequence
(5,215 posts)And has allied herself with Vox, a radical right-wing party in Spain.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,566 posts)Shit! Now I'm suspicious of the F*CKING PEACE PRIZE!
niyad
(134,034 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,566 posts)That was because Idi Amin was otherwise occupied!
cojoel
(1,027 posts)With Baba Wawa (Gilda Radner) interviewing Henry Kissinger (John Belushi). She asked what was the high point of his career, he answered in 1973, when he won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending the Vietnam War. Then she ask what was the low point, and he said 1975, when the Vietnam War ended.
Classic SNL (this part starts at 1:28)
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,566 posts)
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