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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. Thats even less likely now that hes got his shitfaced Defense secretary murdering innocent men in dinghies in the Caribbean and kidnapping foreign leaders and hes 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 didnt earn or deserve, and it stands to reason, since hes the most unworthy loser who ever got flushed down the failure toilet in Gods people factory and accidentally ended up shooting out of a vagina on Earth. That kinda guy aint never winning anything he didnt steal or that an oligarch bought for him.
Anyway, he got a Nobel, but we mean got very loosely. Its like if you go to a yard sale and theres a box of free stuff and theres a Nobel Peace Prize in there and you say Is this really all free? and they say Oh yes, we dont 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
bucolic_frolic
(54,145 posts)Fake it if you can't make it
Jerry2144
(3,193 posts)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
Dave Bowman
(6,745 posts)Hugin
(37,486 posts)Than the Nobel Peace Prize.
Norrrm
(4,082 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,311 posts)Blue Owl
(58,226 posts)What a piece of shit.
doc03
(38,855 posts)at least one.
Aristus
(71,726 posts)Is there a Nobel Prize winner in the world who would be caught dead reading Danielle Steele novels?
Emile
(40,786 posts)Fil1957
(574 posts)Trump for doing this? He either won't give a shit, or he'll want something more...
calimary
(89,136 posts)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.
Gaugamela
(3,273 posts)orangecrush
(28,705 posts)RainCaster
(13,391 posts)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)Saying that he always wanted one of these. Low.
Wicked Blue
(8,489 posts)lastlib
(27,616 posts)It's a stinkin' garage-sale trinket. Per the Nobel Peace Committee.
AnotherMother4Peace
(5,029 posts)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)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:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-01-16T16:59:30.116Z
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, itâs âmuch easier.â www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-received-a-nobel-peace-prize-the-same-way-he-received-a-purple-heart
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, Thats 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 theyre 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, hell know we all know that theres a dramatic difference between a gift and earned honors.