Nobel Institute rejects María Corina Machado’s offer to share peace prize with Trump | Nobel peace prize

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/11/nobel-institute-rejects-maria-corina-machados-offer-to-share-peace-prize-with-trump

47 Comments

  1. Trump doesn’t care about the Venezuelan opposition. The regime is still in power, and as long as Trump and his billionaire backers benefit from Venezuela’s oil revenues, he doesn’t care who runs Venezuela.

  2. How Faustian: she wants to make a deal with the devil. How did she win that Peace Prize again?

  3. epicredditdude1 on

    If she does end up giving it to Trump, Trump will have the unique honor of having not 1, but 2 pretend peace prizes to show what a big special boy he is.

  4. LabNecessary4266 on

    If she’s peace prize material, she’ll gladly give that medal to that vile orange dirtbag to save her people.

  5. ShanklyGates_2022 on

    You just know that she is going to give him the physical medal when they meet, and he will then have an artisan remove her plaque and add his name onto it, which he will display in the Oval Office. Within a few months he will claim it is his alone and he obtained it legitimately and his entire regime and news media apparatus will brag about his Nobel Peace Prize and tell anyone who says it isnt his is a ‘nasty’ liar and that they are spreading fake news. Will probably demand he is added to the website and everything.

  6. Does someone need to explain to all these people very the concept of a prize?

    A winner of a prize, any prize, anywhere, anytime, can’t transfer their prize to someone else. In theory they can give that person the physical medal/trophy but that action doesn’t rewrite history and transfer the prize.

    I feel like this is beyond common sense. A child would have no problem understanding this.

  7. but-I-play-one-on-TV on

    For a member of a generation that railed against participation trophies, I can’t think of anything more pathetic than this insecure old man accepting someone else’s Nobel prize. What a fucking loser. 

  8. Treesbentwithsnow on

    No matter the institute’s policies, the pressure will be overwhelming for her to hand the whining loser her award. Even though he didn’t win it, he and his cult will believe it was god’s intervention that put the trophy in his hands. Worst president ever.

  9. Does Trump really believe that the important thing is the physical medal, not the honour conferred by being selected?

    Is he really that material and shallow? Is that even *possible*?

  10. Aaaaand now the Nobel peace prize is a joke.

    If you’d give it to someone like Trump, then you probably don’t deserve it in the first place.

  11. So your saying if I buy a superbowl ring on temu it does not make me an official member of the Eagles? WTF this is such a scam! /s

  12. Umami-Ice-Cream on

    He didn’t win it anyways. So even if she “shares it,” he didn’t win it.

    He will never have what he wants because he, frankly, didn’t deserve it.

    I thought we got rid of DEI? But lately I’ve been seeing ppl who didn’t earn the glory demanding it, and even getting it.

  13. They gave the prize to a person who only contribution to the world was asking the US to bomb her own country.

    This prize is worthless anyway just give to him.

  14. Nobel Institute should start issuing ″infringements″.
    Not necessarily enforceable. But jot down the real shit-cunts and send them a shameful letter barring them from ever winning a Nobel prize, and go into great detail as to why.

  15. The peace prize goes to whoever puts Trump, his administration and half the Supreme Court in prison.

  16. If she shares it with Trump, they should rescind hers. Threatening a bunch of conuntries with militaray invasion on social media, including allies is NOT FUCKING PEACEFUL. I get that backroom deals and negotiations may involve some strong arming at times. He is not a peacemaker, he is just the biggest bully, threatening everybody, including other bullies.

  17. Immediate-Repeat-201 on

    Guys…if we give him something called Most Nobel prize, will he and maga leave government?

  18. Was there no one more deserving? Some years nobody get it, maybe that would’ve been more fitting. Would Nobel have approved of it?

  19. I bet the Nobel committee is like…”this year’s selection is a disaster…but you know we’ve never had higher ratings and engagement…”

  20. Its like selling off your Olympic gold medal. The buyer isnt getting that world record for swimming just because they bought it on Ebay.

  21. Hear me out- she knows she cant just give it to him. But if it will end hostilities towards Venezuela, and help put the country on a path she thinks is better, then shes more than willing to give it up. Thats the mark of a true leader.

    And its not like Dementia don cares. Someone gave him their purple heart and he immediately doted that he always wanted one. He wants prizes and accolades but simply does not want to do the work or know what to even do to get them. Same with the Fifa peace prize and world cup soccer trophy. But if him holding a nobel gets him to leave Venezuela alone then its a win for her and the country, rules and formality be damned

  22. Boy is she desperate for power..! She’s bending over like I’ve never seen a gimnast do.. not even in a circus.

    Did someone tell her he prefers 14 years old?

  23. SomethingFunnyObv on

    If she is literally going to give it to him, the Nobel Institute should rescind the award and leave it empty for 2025.