Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it.

“I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans,” she said after the meeting with Trump, the first time the two have met in-person.

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    I would not want a bootlicker like Corina Machado as the leader of my country and still it is not bootlicker enough for the pedophile crime syndicate of america.

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    Look at his smile, he actually thinks he won something. what a pathetic little bitch.

    He’s the kind of kid that they invented participation trophies for, just so he wouldn’t throw a tantrum at the awards ceremony, and scream “CHEATER!” at everybody, when everybody knows he was ALWAYS the cheater.

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    It probably has a ring camera in it or a literal drone flying near it and the current admin is too stupid to think to do a bug check. Meanwhile all those worst people you’ve played COD with over the years have graduated to murdering actual people and the one really shitty friend from high school (if you’re still in touch) is likely singing their praises on social.

    But like, hey it’s important to consider the feelings of someone who is sad about eating animals but still eats fish because they aren’t animals right?

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    That’s a striking moment whatever people think of Trump, handing over a Nobel award at the White House is heavy with symbolism. It feels like one of those gestures meant to send a message more than make headlines.

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      The Nobel institute was already kind of an embarrassment with what they’ve been doing for the past decade.

      The Nobel peace prize is just a sad affair

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        They gave Obama a Nobel Peace Prize based on vibes alone, in the beginning of his term. Even he was surprised, what a joke.

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          This is actually understandable when you consider him a symbol of a new era of race relations in the United States. Unfortunately, this turned out to not be the case but there was a beautiful moment of hope at the time. It seems that the powers that be want to burn the country to the ground to erase that spark of hope. That’s my interpretation of that anyway

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    I get that she probably realizes he’s a simpleton and you can get a simpleton to do what you want if you give them gifts.

    But still. Have some self respect.

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      From my talking with someone who grew up under a nation with a corrupt regime, self respect is a luxury that people under such a regime cannot afford when dealing with the government.

      Small, petty, corrupt government personnel are a way of life and people just accept this sort of stuff as mundane fact of life.

      So such folks are uniquely emotionally prepared for this sort of interaction.

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    Thank you Trump for attacking the brave people of Venezuela like I’ve been asking the US and Israel to do for years before I got this Peace Prize. Socialism is the work of the devil, and I claim to be a progressive!

    If anyone still thinks the “opposition” is not entirely subservient to western interests at this point, they will never learn otherwise.

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    She also loves Israel, go figure.

    Not sure what this nobel peace prize is supposed to mean at this point.

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      Even for the Nobel Price Committee to some degree. I will be interested in what their reaction will be.

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        They already said that the price is given in the moment and cant be regifted or removed because later acts.

        So in a way Trump is just as much nobel price winner as much as my cousing is Olympic ski jumping gold metalist. He bought the metal from auction, but it does not mean he earned it.

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        Even the Nobel Prize committee? You mean the ones who gave sold it to her in the first place?