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Organisers clarify award ‘cannot be revoked, shared or transferred’ after Venezuelan opposition leader’s comments

The organisers of the Nobel peace prize have said it “cannot be revoked, shared or transferred” after Venezuela’s opposition leader, María Corina Machado, said she wanted to give her award to Donald Trump.

When Machado was named Nobel laureate in October, it was seen as a snub by the White House, despite Machado rushing to dedicate the prize to the US president and his “decisive support of our cause”.

Trump has made no secret of his strongly held desire to be awarded the Nobel peace prize, the winner of which is selected by an independent five-person committee in Oslo.

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[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Just found out and believe me, people are VERY upset that the Nobel Peace Prize is NOT transferable. Amazing. After all the peace, the deals, the HISTORIC calm (tremendous calm, many people are saying THE MOST CALM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD), they say ‘sorry, rules are rules.’ Meanwhile Obama gets one for showing up. Didn’t even DO ANYTHING! I finished wars, avoided wars, brought about peace very strongly — NO PRIZE. If it were transferable (like common sense says it should be), they’d be sending it over immediately. Very unfair system, very political, very Scandinavian. RIGGED! SAD! I should have a prize for each of the 8 WARS I SOLVED. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!

-@RealDonaldTrump

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

... christ, I have no idea if this is legit or not. Maybe... No? Just because he'd have to admit defeat?

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I don't know. It was going alright, but that Scandinavian burn has got to hurt.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago