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orangecrush

(28,705 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:33 AM 6 hrs ago

Trump Get Regifted Nobel Peace Prize, Is This What Being Obama Feels Like?


From Wonkette -

"Donald Trump got a Nobel Peace Prize, and it is the saddest, most pathetic fucking thing that ever happened.

Obviously he did not win one, he was not awarded one. That’s even less likely now that he’s got his shitfaced Defense secretary murdering innocent men in dinghies in the Caribbean and kidnapping foreign leaders and he’s making cacophonous shit noises about invading Greenland, and of course it remains the case that he has never ended a single war in his entire sad life. (Know who ended wars? Joe Biden and Barack Obama.)

But Trump is big on claiming awards he didn’t earn or deserve, and it stands to reason, since he’s the most unworthy loser who ever got flushed down the failure toilet in God’s people factory and accidentally ended up shooting out of a vagina on Earth. That kinda guy ain’t never winning anything he didn’t steal or that an oligarch bought for him.

Anyway, he got a Nobel, but we mean “got” very loosely. It’s like if you go to a yard sale and there’s a box of free stuff and there’s a Nobel Peace Prize in there and you say “Is this really all free?” and they say “Oh yes, we don’t need any of that anymore,” so you take home a Nobel Peace Prize and a couple of dogeared Danielle Steel novels.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/trump-get-regifted-nobel-peace-prize
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Trump Get Regifted Nobel Peace Prize, Is This What Being Obama Feels Like? (Original Post) orangecrush 6 hrs ago OP
Trump is real live walking talking Impostor Syndrome bucolic_frolic 6 hrs ago #1
"His" Nobel Peace Prize Jerry2144 6 hrs ago #2
He's a pathetic loser who got a shiny meaningless trinket. Dave Bowman 6 hrs ago #3
It's a sad day when my world's greatest hugs mug holds more symbolic value... Hugin 6 hrs ago #4
Cadet Bone Spurs was gifted a Purple Heart, something he always wanted but was too cowardly to earn. Norrrm 5 hrs ago #5
Second-hand Nobel. sinkingfeeling 5 hrs ago #6
Notice how he has ZERO problem taking it from a woman Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #7
he should demand a Super Bowl ring from Tom Brady, he would probably give him doc03 5 hrs ago #8
I call fake! Aristus 5 hrs ago #9
... orangecrush 4 hrs ago #10
Type in loser, and a picture of Trump appears. Emile 4 hrs ago #11
Hasn't anyone learned anything about Trump over the last few years? Does Machado actually think she'll get points with Fil1957 4 hrs ago #12
Proving once again how small and sniveling and utterly PATHETIC he is. calimary 3 hrs ago #13
Nero and Caligula are laughing at us from the grave. Gaugamela 3 hrs ago #14
Truth orangecrush 3 hrs ago #19
It's a Participation Trophy RainCaster 3 hrs ago #15
Didn't he accept a Purple Heart medal from some moron? maveric 3 hrs ago #16
Some pundit called it a Babybel Wicked Blue 3 hrs ago #17
If it's regifted, then it's not a Prize--- lastlib 3 hrs ago #18
Or maybe tRump is more like 8 year old psychopathic Rhoda when she steals Claude's penmenship medal, hits him with AnotherMother4Peace 3 hrs ago #20
MaddowBlog-Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart LetMyPeopleVote 36 min ago #21

Jerry2144

(3,193 posts)
2. "His" Nobel Peace Prize
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:37 AM
6 hrs ago

It might as well have come from a box of Cracker Jack at a baseball game. It's just as meaningless. Only a complete moron will think he deserved it or earned it. But watch {dumb} Fux News say he won it or use words telling their brain-damaged idtiots that he deserves it

Hugin

(37,486 posts)
4. It's a sad day when my world's greatest hugs mug holds more symbolic value...
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:40 AM
6 hrs ago

Than the Nobel Peace Prize.

Norrrm

(4,082 posts)
5. Cadet Bone Spurs was gifted a Purple Heart, something he always wanted but was too cowardly to earn.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:52 AM
5 hrs ago

doc03

(38,855 posts)
8. he should demand a Super Bowl ring from Tom Brady, he would probably give him
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:39 AM
5 hrs ago

at least one.

Aristus

(71,726 posts)
9. I call fake!
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:41 AM
5 hrs ago

Is there a Nobel Prize winner in the world who would be caught dead reading Danielle Steele novels?

Fil1957

(574 posts)
12. Hasn't anyone learned anything about Trump over the last few years? Does Machado actually think she'll get points with
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 11:14 AM
4 hrs ago

Trump for doing this? He either won't give a shit, or he'll want something more...

calimary

(89,136 posts)
13. Proving once again how small and sniveling and utterly PATHETIC he is.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:03 PM
3 hrs ago

It just makes me sad to see how many people still regard him as the closest thing they have to a god.

THIS pathetic wreck of a man is who they either choose to believe in, or feel compelled to follow for what-the-hell-ever reason or rationale they come up with, for explanation or justification.

RainCaster

(13,391 posts)
15. It's a Participation Trophy
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:12 PM
3 hrs ago

Exactly what the GOP has talked about for years. Only this time, it's their moronic leader who gets the award.

maveric

(17,015 posts)
16. Didn't he accept a Purple Heart medal from some moron?
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:18 PM
3 hrs ago

Saying that he always wanted one of these. Low.

lastlib

(27,616 posts)
18. If it's regifted, then it's not a Prize---
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:24 PM
3 hrs ago

It's a stinkin' garage-sale trinket. Per the Nobel Peace Committee.

AnotherMother4Peace

(5,029 posts)
20. Or maybe tRump is more like 8 year old psychopathic Rhoda when she steals Claude's penmenship medal, hits him with
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 12:38 PM
3 hrs ago

her shoe, then pushes him into the lake to drown. "It was mine!" she screamed after she was finally discovered to be the murderer. From the 1956 movie "The Bad Seed".

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,384 posts)
21. MaddowBlog-Trump received a Nobel Peace Prize the same way he received a Purple Heart
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 03:05 PM
36 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, 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.
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