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Beartracks

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4. Trump wanted his participation trophy, he got his participation trophy.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Thu Jan 15, 2026, 11:09 PM

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But he's still not been awarded a Nobel prize; he's just been handed a used one. The honorifics don't transfer with it.

It's like if an Academy Award recipient gave you their Oscar: it doesn't make you proficient at anything the Oscar stands for, and the original artist is still the Oscar winner, not you.

He is such a toddler.

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