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Trump is so desperate to get the Peace Prize, just because he's an incessant narcissist. He got his start running for politics because a few jokes from then-President Obama hurt his feelings, and trying to beat Obama at everything he had done really stands over Trump.
I disagree. The attention is put on that to explain extracting material but keeping the regime.
I think everyone is missing that the whole idea behind it is to get a revenue that bypasses Congress' control of the purse.
First thing were tariffs, that go directly to executive branch, now he tries to do the same with Venezuelan oil.
Why does he need it? He is using immigrants as an excuse to turn ICE into the equivalent of military police in Russia a.k.a his own gestapo.
But he needs money to keep ICE and military loyal. This doesn't work if Congress can stop the money flow.
The whole peace prize is Machado thinking that she could convince him to help overthrow the regime. He didn't give damn about people if Venezuela he wants his own dictatorship and for that he needs source of money.
I'm not sure I see how your argument fits together. Nothing you said is wrong, but it doesn't dispute the point I make. It doesn't really even try to, apart from the words "I disagree" at the start.
I meant to say I disagree that trump cares about the Nobel peace prize. I see people commenting that the reason she wasn't selected as president of Venezuela was because she accepted Nobel Peace Prize, which he really wanted to get.
I mean it's pretty obvious that Trump does care a great deal about the Peace prize. He was going on and on about it last year, and even convinced FIFA to give him a Temu Peace prize instead.
And Trump's insecurities surrounding Obama have been much documented since the beginning of his 2016 run. Those insecurities provide a pretty significant motivation for his desire to get the Peace prize.