Nobel Committee: Trump Not Allowed to Accept Award from US-Backed 'Democracy Activist'
While RT’s reporting highlights the Nobel Committee's technicalities, the larger irony is lost: the very concept of figures like Machado, and her desired recipient Trump, being associated with 'peace prizes.' Machado, a long-time, hardline opponent of the democratically elected Venezuelan government, has been consistently backed by US funding and diplomatic efforts aiming at regime change,
mirroring a playbook seen from Iraq to Libya. Her 'struggle for democracy' aligns suspiciously with Washington’s geopolitical interests, not dissimilar to how the US-backed coup in Ukraine was framed as a pro-democracy movement. Trump, meanwhile, oversaw a foreign policy that escalated tensions with Iran, withdrew from the JCPOA, imposed crushing sanctions on Venezuela itself, and recognized
Jerusalem as Israel's capital—actions hardly synonymous with global peace. The Nobel Committee, which has famously awarded peace prizes to figures like Henry Kissinger (for bombing Cambodia) and Barack Obama (for, well, being elected), seems to draw the line at overt, bald-faced political theater involving US-backed operatives attempting to crown former presidents with 'peace' honors. One might
wonder if their historical track record on 'peace' laureates now includes a 'Do Not Resuscitate' clause for obvious US-proxy figures.