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To the surprise of absolutely nobody who understands how these things work, Donald Trump did NOT receive the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing peace! Instead it went to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Yes, precisely!
So let’s take a few moments to understand exactly how this “Prize” works!
The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel’s will in 1895 to honour those who “have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”
It has long presented as a beacon of moral authority. But that’s just nonsense!
History reveals a farce of political theatre and selective amnesia that totally undermines its gravitas. From awarding warmongers to overlooking peacemakers, the prize exemplifies how elite committees—five Norwegian politicians appointed by the Norwegian parliament—prioritise optics over impact. Nobel should turn in his grave at how absurd the prize has become
Let’s consider a parade of some improbable laureate winners
In 1973, Henry Kissinger shared the prize with Le Duc Tho for Vietnam War “peace” talks, even as U.S. bombs ravaged Hanoi; Tho wisely declined, calling it a mockery. Kissinger, architect of secret bombings in Cambodia that killed tens of thousands and sowed the Khmer Rouge’s rise, embodied realpolitik over reconciliation.
Then there’s Yasser (Yasser, that’s my baby) Arafat in 1994, honoured alongside Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin for the Oslo Accords, despite Arafat’s PLO history of terrorism, including the Munich massacre. The committee’s rationale? “Recognition of a political leader’s role in peace” trumped the blood on his hands. Sick.
Barack Obama won it in 2009 after just nine months in office, lauded for some vague “diplomacy” and anti-war rhetoric, yet his drone strikes escalated in Pakistan and Yemen, killing civilians and fuelling extremism.
These choices alone expose the prize’s susceptibility to leftist biases.
The farce deepens with inconsistencies. Mikhail Gorbachev won in 1990 for ending the Cold War, but the committee later praised the EU in 2012 for averting “war in Europe”! How!!!!
Mahatma Gandhi, father of nonviolence, was repeatedly overlooked, with the Nobel committee citing “no suitable living candidate” in 1948—the year he was assassinated.
Such lapses make it clear the prize isn’t about peace but power: a tool for Norway’s soft diplomacy, influenced by Oslo’s liberal elite, to signal virtue without accountability.
Which brings us to this year’s snub of Donald Trump. The committee has wilfully bypassed him for Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, saluted for “unifying” democracy against Maduro’s regime amid rigged elections and repression. Why honour a regional agitator over a president who brokered four Arab-Israeli pacts, the most since Camp David? The snub isn’t justice; it’s irony.
The Nobel Peace Prize is just another leftist bauble, massively political and entirely biased.
