"María Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, and the timing is kind of hilarious. If Machado ever succeeds in overthrowing her country's dictator, Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump will claim credit for that, like he's claimed credit for so many recent international successes. (To be fair, Trump's forceful anti-Madura policies, which the Nobel winner has supported, will have certainly played a role.)"
"Still, Trump must have been fuming on Friday over the news from Oslo-not only that he didn't win for manufacturing the recent Gaza ceasefire breakthrough in negotiations between Israel and Hamas, but that he lost to her. Rather than graciously congratulating Machado, whose political cause Trump supports, the White House, fully in character, issued a statement blasting the Nobel committee for placing "politics over peace.""
María Corina Machado, leader of the Venezuelan opposition, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and the timing is described as ironic. If Machado succeeds in overthrowing Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump would likely claim credit, given his support for forceful anti-Maduro policies that Machado endorses. The White House criticized the Nobel committee for placing 'politics over peace' after Machado's win, and Trump reportedly resented not receiving the prize for his role in negotiating a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange. The Nobel committee emphasized awarding 'people of courage and integrity.' Critics argue Trump has not delivered peace in claimed conflicts and not yet in Gaza.
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