Put her Nobel prix in a fancy frame and presented it the Pedophile Protector, and what did she get back? A red Maga cap, a custom sharpie, and a few other china made trinkets. What she didn't get was support at a chance to run Venezuela, because it was always about the oil and it had nothing to do with Democracy and them fancy high ideals...When will people learn not to %^cK with a conman? I hope a future administration will pry his grubby, stink, rotten, paws off of it and send her her medal back so she could pass it on to her grandchildren dem...
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Maria Corina is a real real Jennyass
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 8:27 AM
The irony of ironies...Delcy Rodriquez finds greater favour with Donald.
Maria should be very happy with her exchange of gifts.
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 9:38 AM
@Larr Pullo
A Nobel Peace Prize Isn’t a Gift—And Democracy Shouldn’t Be Sold Like One
“When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize.”
It’s also a revealing one, not because a Nobel can be “given” (it can’t), but because it frames diplomacy as tribute. The Nobel becomes shorthand for something else: validation, flattery, and a made-to-measure storyline for a leader who has always craved ceremonial recognition.
Machado’s defenders will call it pragmatic. Venezuela’s opposition is confronting an entrenched authoritarian state; it needs leverage, attention, and U.S. pressure that actually bites. Trump is a megaphone and, potentially, a policy lever. If praising him opens doors that help free political prisoners, tighten accountability, or force negotiations with real guarantees, then the temptation is obvious.
But there is a price to courting power through ego.
Democratic movements survive on credibility. They ask citizens to endure intimidation and deprivation in exchange for a promise: that politics can be governed by rules, not personality; by rights, not fear. When a pro-democracy leader appears to dangle a Nobel-shaped bauble before a figure widely associated, fairly or not, with admiration for strongmen and transactional dealings, the message blurs. The struggle starts to look less like a defence of democratic principle and more like a bid for patronage.
That blur is not abstract. It gives the Maduro government an easy narrative of hypocrisy, foreign puppetry, and opportunism, and it risks splintering the opposition’s own coalition between “realists” and those who fear the cause is being repackaged to suit Washington’s domestic theatre. Venezuela’s democratic case is strong enough to stand on its own: human rights, free elections, institutional restoration. It doesn’t need to be sold as a trophy for someone else’s legacy.
If the “gift” offered is merely access, then say so plainly. But it could cost something harder to regain: moral clarity.
Why María Corina Machado...why?
Sarge
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 9:56 AM
@Larr Pullo
Since you are into spelling... Kamla Persad
It's her name spelt properly...😀
Let's not judge her as yet; in time we will see if she made the right call.
Below is the concern....
Instead, the most significant misstep may have been Delcy Rodríguez’s ascension to a position of power.
Let’s be clear: Rodríguez is not a lightweight. She is a highly skilled labor lawyer, academically accomplished, and has studied at several prestigious European universities. Fluent in multiple languages, she navigates elite academic and political circles with ease. She has engaged with world leaders and international organizations, demonstrating resilience and discipline, even in high-pressure situations.
However, she remains an enigma—difficult to read.
Rodríguez does not communicate her intentions in a way that Washington comprehends or anticipates. Her messaging often lacks clarity, and her transitions are challenging to decipher. She can wield revolutionary rhetoric against the bourgeoisie while comfortably interacting with global elites. Although she projects ideological consistency, her strategic flexibility complicates her policy direction.
In the realm of geopolitics, predictability is invaluable, and Rodríguez offers little of it.
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 10:00 AM
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People are still shocked? World leaders learned long ago that teh currency Trump values most is ego stroking and gifts. Machado did what she had to do, just like every other leader who's learned the playbook. Everyone knows how it works. This has been part of of felonious Trump’s script for years and Machado's just another actor who practiced her lines.
Getting worked up every time Trump does Trump things is exhausting and pointless. There's still over two years of this circus left. Folks might wanna take up meditation or yoga or stock up on some 12 yr old El Dorado. Getting your panties in a bunch everytime he opens his mouth is just taking years off your life.
But with midterms coming, there's no doubt teh grate merican people will put the brakes on this circus. Surely, right?
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 10:29 AM
Larr Pullo, you go ask all those CARICOM Prime Ministers including the great Mia Mottley,why all ah dem was kissing Maduro's arse.He was the biggest despot in the western hemisphere since Papa Doc.Nine million of his people fled his rule,so go ask bout dem not KPB.
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 10:34 AM
Well, after hearing that she is a nice woman but does not have the respect of the Venezuelan people, said by Trump, she really disgraced herself further by going to the White House and doing what she did. Now she has lost her credibility, an unwise person, she needs an image advisor for starters if she wants to continue in politics.
Fri, Jan 16, '26 at 10:51 AM
@dayne
If she was white, dressed like a Barbie with plastic implants and surgically enhanced features show would have had better luck...
