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Miles Archer

(21,884 posts) Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:13 PM 22 hrs ago

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

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/

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María Corina Machado is DISGUSTING. This dishonors the Nobel Prize and spits in the Committee's face. (Original Post) Miles Archer 22 hrs ago OP

She didn't deserve it either JBTaurus83 22 hrs ago #1

The primary disgrace was giving her the prize in the first place. RockRaven 22 hrs ago #6

What a wasted award Aviation Pro 22 hrs ago #2

There isn't. Can't be transferred nor revoked. sir pball 22 hrs ago #3

Im a gentleman. I'd imagine there are coarse words to describe such a woman GusBob 22 hrs ago #4

So many others much more deserving of that award. La Coliniere 22 hrs ago #5

At the rate Miller and Trump are running around pouring gasoline and throwing allegorical oracle 22 hrs ago #7

Who cares SuzyandPuffpuff 22 hrs ago #8

The Nobel Peace prize committee needs to revoke the prize from her and erase her getting it. kimbutgar 22 hrs ago #9

Can't be transferred or revoked. TheProle 21 hrs ago #15

No more valid than the Purple Hearts the five-times draft dodger gloated about accepting from the legitimate recipients Emrys 22 hrs ago #10

Threatening María Corina Machado to give up her Peace Prize KS Toronado 22 hrs ago #11

i think she is tryng to get him on her side rampartd 22 hrs ago #12

Does that entail letting him keep Venezuelan oil? Anxy 22 hrs ago #13

the oil is his unless our congresscritters reestablish the constitution rampartd 21 hrs ago #14

She's doing what she has to do to bring peace and democracy to Venezuela. Doodley 21 hrs ago #16

. dalton99a 5 hrs ago #17

She's pathetic and she'll get absolutely nothing out of this except humiliation. marmar 5 hrs ago #18

Pathetic is a good word for them both Stuckinthebush 27 min ago #21

Didvshe keep the money? nt leftyladyfrommo 4 hrs ago #19

MaddowBlog-Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart LetMyPeopleVote 41 min ago #20

JBTaurus83

(901 posts)

1. She didn't deserve it either

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:15 PM

22 hrs ago

The committee doesn’t always have the best taste.

RockRaven

(18,771 posts)

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

Reply to JBTaurus83 (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:23 PM

22 hrs ago

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

Aviation Pro

(15,278 posts)

2. What a wasted award

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:15 PM

22 hrs ago

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

(5,255 posts)

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

Reply to Aviation Pro (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:19 PM

22 hrs ago

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

GusBob

(8,143 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM

22 hrs ago

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

La Coliniere

(1,768 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:22 PM

22 hrs ago

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

(6,223 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:24 PM

22 hrs ago

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

SuzyandPuffpuff

(416 posts)

8. Who cares

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:25 PM

22 hrs ago

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

(26,898 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM

22 hrs ago

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

TheProle

(3,915 posts)

15. Can't be transferred or revoked.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #9)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:43 PM

21 hrs ago

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

(8,942 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:30 PM

22 hrs ago

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

(23,132 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:36 PM

22 hrs ago

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

(3,921 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:38 PM

22 hrs ago

in the upcoming venezuelan chaos.

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

Anxy

(83 posts)

13. Does that entail letting him keep Venezuelan oil?

Reply to rampartd (Reply #12)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:40 PM

22 hrs ago

rampartd

(3,921 posts)

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

Reply to Anxy (Reply #13)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:42 PM

21 hrs ago

or until the venezuelans make it too costly to pump.

Doodley

(11,662 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:52 PM

21 hrs ago

dalton99a

(92,331 posts)

17. .

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:49 AM

5 hrs ago

marmar

(79,316 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:50 AM

5 hrs ago

Stuckinthebush

(11,198 posts)

21. Pathetic is a good word for them both

Reply to marmar (Reply #18)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:14 PM

27 min ago

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

(19,957 posts)

19. Didvshe keep the money? nt

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:35 AM

4 hrs ago

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,384 posts)

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

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:00 PM

41 min ago

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, itâ€™s â€œmuch easier.â€ 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.

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