Yesterday at the White House, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the prize late last year, gave her medal to the POTUS in recognition of what she described as his committment to Venezuela’s freedom. This came after Trump greenlit an American operation that has seen Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro arrested and taken to the U.S.
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pretty much did unless you’re assuming that peaceful pragmaticism[1] is incompatible with a peace award (in which case, that’s daft as hell).
by trading meaningless trinkets to bid one’s time with a geopolitical threat (with a 4 year term) & minimize conflicts that you’re in no position to win & will hurt your people ↩︎
Again, see my edits. My initial comment was based on something I remembered incorrectly, and then I corrected myself.
Your edits address nothing I wrote. That you think they should (when they really do the opposite) indicates poor reading comprehension.