So the Nobel is worthless eh? The committee should immediately revoke it. The fact they gave it to someone that would suck up to Donald Trump just shows they're terrible at judging character.
The prize will always have Trumps stink on it now. Like the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I wouldn't even want it after Trump squelched it out to Rush Limpbag. May as well just stop giving it out now. He'll try to rename it. "TRUMP-nobel Pizza Prize". It comes with a personal pan and a diet coke now
You know as soon as she left he took it out of the frame and wore it around his neck. I'm surprised they're not holding a huge gala at THE DONALD J TRUMP MEMORIAL kennedy ctr to celebrate his win, or that they've updated wikipedia with him as the winner or at least recipient. (I haven't checked yet, so I'm about 2% confident they haven't already).
Hey Donnie, now that you managed to steal another kid's toy and now you feel somehow equal to Obama, can we just have a parade for you and tell you that you won, and you can retire and go away?
She won't. She's doing whatever it takes to move forward from what Maduro had done to the country. If you were rightfully elected, then run out of your country, you'd be equally desperate for help. The only thing she'd have missed is not taking the chance as she has quite literally nothing else to lose.
She sucks too, but there is a level of pain in that "smile." I think she knows she's not getting shit for this, but it's her one shot at becoming an authoritarian herself.
Really? This reeks of having no clue what Venezuela has been through. This was, quite literally, her only move to bring some semblance of democracy back to the country (after she won the last election, mind you).
If you think this is enabling, you have no idea what Maduro was doing to put Machado in this situation. Biden put the sanctions back on for a reason...
We (America) carry just as much responsibility in the suffering of Venezuelans as their government does. Our sanctions brought suffering to them while their leaders lived well.
I am not saying Maduro was a good guy, but our foreign policy is not good either.
Machado is just another capitalist who wants to exploit the Venezuelan people under a different name.
Well, yeah. Don't get my clarification confused with support of our foreign policy. It's been dog shit (for Venezuela) since at least the late '90s. But, as I said in another post, this is Alexei Navalny all over again. Just because we don't like a dictator's opposition candidate doesn't mean it's not what is best for that country in the current moment. Maduro's remnants staying in power hurts Venezuela far more than Machado (rightfully) taking over, per her (González's) electoral victory.
GwaboButt
Obama needs to flood social media with “At least I won mine.” That will make Trump lose his shit for at least a week.
TheAnswerIsViolence
So the Nobel is worthless eh? The committee should immediately revoke it. The fact they gave it to someone that would suck up to Donald Trump just shows they're terrible at judging character.
The prize will always have Trumps stink on it now. Like the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I wouldn't even want it after Trump squelched it out to Rush Limpbag. May as well just stop giving it out now. He'll try to rename it. "TRUMP-nobel Pizza Prize". It comes with a personal pan and a diet coke now
RigidGristle
She’s hoping for a condo in Miami
taez555
You know as soon as she left he took it out of the frame and wore it around his neck. I'm surprised they're not holding a huge gala at THE DONALD J TRUMP MEMORIAL kennedy ctr to celebrate his win, or that they've updated wikipedia with him as the winner or at least recipient. (I haven't checked yet, so I'm about 2% confident they haven't already).
DAAHOOVAA
the fuck is wrong with her face?
Krashtestdummy
Zetor
WTF is this timeline. If this was a TV show I would have given up, thinking the writers were on crack.
albakSPrince
This is what happens to a man whose parents tell him the wrong son died
TheMeatIncident
"We took a picture of an authoritarian leader before and after receiving a medal representing an honor bestowed upon another person."
turbodog
Hey Donnie, now that you managed to steal another kid's toy and now you feel somehow equal to Obama, can we just have a parade for you and tell you that you won, and you can retire and go away?
lazybuthappy
- "So may I now be the president of Ven...?"
- "Lol no"
Zammurkele
She's placating the monster. He reminds me of the kid in this Twilight Zone, howeve
KingOfTheImgurians
"once you have paid him the Danegeld/ You never get rid of the Dane."
AsIWasSaying
Even got a tacky gold frame for it. I reckon that must have cost $20 at KMart, easy. Maybe $22.50.
LeekofLegend
Oh my God how many times are we reposting this one?
3rdoption
As many as we want.
db629
how the meeting went I bet
SwampApe75
america wont recover unless there is mass hangings, change my mind
3rdoption
If you want anything from the man-child, you have to play his games and give him toys.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
That look on her face, and for nothing. She's gonna miss that.
Metallica93
She won't. She's doing whatever it takes to move forward from what Maduro had done to the country. If you were rightfully elected, then run out of your country, you'd be equally desperate for help. The only thing she'd have missed is not taking the chance as she has quite literally nothing else to lose.
Illinifan88
She sucks too, but there is a level of pain in that "smile." I think she knows she's not getting shit for this, but it's her one shot at becoming an authoritarian herself.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
What a spineless man-child. And fuck her for enabling him.
sv1rr
She's trying to sway him to hold a new election in Venezuela.
Metallica93
Really? This reeks of having no clue what Venezuela has been through. This was, quite literally, her only move to bring some semblance of democracy back to the country (after she won the last election, mind you).
If you think this is enabling, you have no idea what Maduro was doing to put Machado in this situation. Biden put the sanctions back on for a reason...
Illinifan88
We (America) carry just as much responsibility in the suffering of Venezuelans as their government does. Our sanctions brought suffering to them while their leaders lived well.
I am not saying Maduro was a good guy, but our foreign policy is not good either.
Machado is just another capitalist who wants to exploit the Venezuelan people under a different name.
Metallica93
Well, yeah. Don't get my clarification confused with support of our foreign policy. It's been dog shit (for Venezuela) since at least the late '90s. But, as I said in another post, this is Alexei Navalny all over again. Just because we don't like a dictator's opposition candidate doesn't mean it's not what is best for that country in the current moment. Maduro's remnants staying in power hurts Venezuela far more than Machado (rightfully) taking over, per her (González's) electoral victory.
Bytencoder
Is this s*** for real?? No AI shit?
Illinifan88
Widely reported by typically trusted news sources. Saw it on NPR first.
Illinifan88
From CNN. Dear God this is humiliating for both of them.

A swag bag for a Nobel Prize. Embarrassing.
Bytencoder
What a shitshow the world has become. These kind of things only existed in absurd comedies 30 - 50 years ago..
Bytencoder
(and South Park, of course)