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[–] fletcher_bosom@lemmy.world 102 points 3 days ago (3 children)

No worries Don, it's engraved on the edge of the medal for you to remember forver that it's not yours.

[–] farboo99@lemmy.world 42 points 3 days ago (1 children)

nah he immediately covered her name with his fav sharpie.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Unlike Donny’s ass, one quick wipe and the engraving be even bolder than before.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 32 points 3 days ago (5 children)

It's just unfathomable to me that she thought it was a good idea to give it to him.

She won it for her work in promoting democracy, then she uses it to bribe someone to help her subvert democracy.

I cant help but feel like the Nobel committee really chose the wrong person.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

She's a member of the corrupt kleptocracy that Chavez kicked out. The fact that Maduro was a shit leader doesn't mean that the faction that had been driven out of power was any better.

I cant help but feel like the Nobel committee really chose the wrong person.

They really should shut that shitshow down. It's doing more harm than good.

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

If a “democracy” laureate can turn the Nobel medal into a gift to Donald Trump to secure leverage, it exposes the prize as elite propaganda, not a meaningful moral measure. And it reveals Machado’s “pro-democracy” image as branding for regime-change patronage, where legitimacy comes from foreign powerbrokers rather than Venezuelan popular sovereignty.

She was never pro democracy, look into her past and support for American coups. She's a right wing fascist, like the lot of them.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The same Nobel committee who gave one to Obama who has over 500 drone strikes under his belt?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Should he not have attacked Al Qaida? Or is it just the drones you object to?

And how many drone strikes did Trump order, and what was the noncombatant death toll of those?

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

I object to yet another bloodthirsty US warmonger.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

She's trying to buy her country back with a hunk of metal. It's understandable.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

No she's trying to secure support for her candidacy.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago

She won it by grifting. Just because someone is against an oppressive regime doesnt make them good nor democratic. The same with Navalny or for a less recent example Stauffenberg.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Nothing a little filler can't solve.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 69 points 3 days ago (2 children)

He got what he wanted. Why bother to remember who gave it to him? Its amazing how so few people understand what a narcissist truly is.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

narcissist

Yeah, but it's that plus dementia. Fucker's basically 1 step away from mixing up camel and rhino on cognitive tests.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

He has been this way for his whole life. Sure now he can’t mumble a consistent lie but the root cause of trumps cruelty is narcissism. A utter lack of empathy. Its why people like him think empathy is bad. It interferes with their cruelty. Not realizing if no one had empathy they would have been finished a long time ago.

[–] becausechemistry@piefed.social 69 points 3 days ago (6 children)

I am once again begging people not to post a headline that starts with “Trump, 79,” that doesn’t end with. Well. You know

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

It's the Daily Beast. They think it's cute for some reason, but it's just a hopium rag at this point.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

"79 rape charges" was what my brain autofilled

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Write to the daily beast then. The headline should match the linked article IMO.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His brutal and violent death?

I would prefer he dies surrounded by the people he loves doing the thing he loves to do the most.

(Nobody; eating fast food)

[–] lando55@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

TRUMP, 79, HAS BEEN PRONOUNCED ~alive and well~

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fake obituary titles are such bullshit... it either gets peoples hopes up for nothing, or makes people sad for no good reason. Its one of the worse forms of clickbait.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

Why should he remember the name of a nobody who doesn't even have a Nobel Peace Prize?

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is it dementia? It's is it that she's no longer of any importance to him? Probably both.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

There are several knowledgeable people who are quite convinced that he is in the late stages of dementia, some saying he has months left to live.

So that's a glimmer of hope.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Would love a source on this. I need a good Saturday morning read

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Oh, please let it be over soon

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Good to source these claims but don't use futurism.com as a source as it's full of made up shit articles

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I've seen it in multiple articles which I haven't saved unfortunately, but this is my main source which I keep coming back to for the lulz.

https://www.instagram.com/epistemiccrisis

You can also find him on YouTube if you don't prefer to visit Instagram.

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Evil never dies.

Wish it did though.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, no, for sure, someone else will come along and continue to be shitty. But I really want Trump specifically to stop existing.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That Bitch. Her name is That Bitch.

The not Melania is also a valid choice

[–] jdr8@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

“Sir, what about Greenland?”

“Who?!”

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, she is brown and a woman

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

And an american puppet. Nobody respect traitors like her

[–] MOARbid1@piefed.social 26 points 3 days ago

Now we just need him to forget to breathe, and we’ll be good.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago

Not surprising. During the run up to the election he got Nicky Jam to shill for him on stage and appeared to get him mixed up with Nicki Minaj...

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

He's probably faking it because he's mad the chocolate coin she gave him chipped his veneers.

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

Clearly her name is Maria Southamerica. While she was in the US, after gifting Donnie his special award that he earned, she flew to California to meet with Tim Apple.

[–] beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah shit. It's Corina Machado! I was going to say that even I don't remember since l don't remember for example who won the price for biology.

What type of Starbucks coffee is this again?

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Paywall 👎

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Can't remember the last person who he met with that gave him something he has always wanted but he can be trusted to make important trade and defensive judgements.

This would be bizarrely funny if so many people's lives weren't on the line.