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Nobel Institute says Venezuelan leader Machado can't give Peace Prize to Trump (apnews.com)
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[–] 36 points 10 months ago (3 children)

No, she could, it's hers to give. It just wouldn't mean anything to anyone but Trump. It would be like if Cillian Murphy gave me his best actor Oscar--absolutely meaningless.

And, maybe because of that, it's a good idea? This is the fucking world we live in now.

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  • [–] 30 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Trump is absolutely incapable of distinguishing between having a thing and having won that thing. Machado was definitely going to try to buy leadership of Venezuela with her medal, and the committee just cockblocked her.

    I kinda want to see what James Maynard could get for giving his Fields Medal to Trump. Partly because it would be funny to see Trump claim to be a Fields-award winning mathematician, partly because James Maynard would make a much better Secretary of Education than that wrestler.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Trump is absolutely incapable of distinguishing between having a thing and having won that thing.

    He's the kind of dweeb that they invented participation trophies for, just so they won't scream "CHEATER!" at every event.

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