The claims follow Trump’s public dismissal of Machado as a viable interim leader over the weekend following the capture of the country’s former leader Maduro.
  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    It’s funny that this evil POS wants the Nobel Prize so much. He will forever be on Obama’s shadow.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    28·
    2 days ago

    President Donald Trump sidelined Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as an interim replacement to Nicolás Maduro because she committed the “ultimate sin” of accepting the Nobel Peace Prize instead of demanding it be given to him, according to the claims of White House insiders.

    “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” the source said.

    When given the award by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October, Machado dedicated the prize to Trump,

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      38·
      2 days ago

      The fact that she “dedicated” it to Trump (when Trump not only didn’t win, but is diametrically the opposite of deserving it) and Trump still felt it wasn’t enough is a useful evidence that there is no limit whatsoever to Trump’s narcissism. He’s not someone who tends to narcissism, he’s deeply mentally ill and insatiable. The world’s leaders need to understand that appeasement is not just a bad idea strategically, it’s solely an invitation for more demands.