That's how he'll see it for sure, because he's a narcissistic moron. But actually, it looks as though the individual in question is someone who is as opposed to the current Venezuelan regime as Trump is.

In principle this should be a good outcome for Trump, if you believe that his values are what he says they are. However I don't think he could even point to Venezuela on a map of Venezuela, let alone have any interest in who Maria Corina Machado is.

There's a complication for Trump. He hates Maduro. The US in general (by which I mean administrations of both major political parties) wants him out. Machado is the major candidate of the opposition to Maduro. She also would give away Venezuela's oil reserves, which the US definitely wants.

So the Nobel committee just awarded the prize to someone who 1) is hardly a voice for peace, and 2) Trump generally needs to support. Now, #2 is based on Trump not being a shortsighted idiot, and we all know how that works out.

And this from the press release:

In its long history, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has honoured brave women and men who have stood up to repression, who have carried the hope of freedom in prison cells, on the streets and in public squares, and who have shown by their actions that peaceful resistance can change the world. [...]

When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognise courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist. Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”

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Oh wow, when you hover over Estonia in the list of countries represented in the first article, it's a national broadcast article about Ruuben Kaalep, who somehow managed to get into parliament for one term.

Now I do not know many Estonian politicians closely, but about a decade ago, someone who was part of a group I was drinking with one evening, managed to invite him to join us. We promptly ditched both of them when he... spent quite a bit of time talking about how Hitler was doing the right thing. Ah, and the person who invited him? Became the next lead of the nazi youth group Kaalep used to lead before he went to parliament. I'm amazed she hasn't gotten into parliament yet, since I remember her being dumb as a bag of rocks too, but I guess it was sexism, because I don't recall EKRE having a lot of female parliament members usually - both the current ones are wives of prominent male party members.

Not particularly relevant perhaps, but hey, I'm still grossed out by the fact that nazis infiltrated my birthday.

She deserves it as much as Kissinger and Shimon Peres deserve it.

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FYI, Machado is a far-right plant who's championing the sanctions and US intervention in her country and every other nation that opposes imperialism. Notwithstanding her vocal and active support for far-right parties in Europe and LatAm.

venezuelanvoices.org/2025/04/0…

web.archive.org/web/2024082604…

jurist.org/news/2024/11/venezu…

Venezuela announces probe against opposition leader over US sanctions support

The Venezuelan Attorney General's Office announced Friday a new criminal investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for allegedly endorsing US economic sanctions against the South Am...

^{Daniela Pulido | Facultad de Derecho PUCP, PE (- JURIST - News)}