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The Nobel Peace Prize was announced today. It didn’t go to Donald Trump. It went to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who’s risked everything fighting Maduro’s dictatorship. And within minutes, the left turned it into a victory lap—not for her, but against Trump.
They didn’t celebrate her courage. They celebrated his exclusion. One post joked that Trump should have received it because “he ended 48 wars,” turning actual achievements of peace—and the stoppage of real bloodshed—into a punchline.
Can’t believe Trump didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize. I mean, come on, he ended 48 wars these past nine months.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 10, 2025
They are so bitter that they laugh at the idea of peace. That’s how deep the delusion runs. They can’t even entertain the possibility that Trump helped stop suffering.
Another post said the cherry on top was that she’s a woman and Latina, as if her ethnicity and gender were the real win—not her resistance to tyranny. They always reduce it to race and gender as if her fight against dictatorship is just a diversity trophy.
The cherry on the top is that, not only is she a woman, she's Latina. pic.twitter.com/UJMEFXUzaI
— Joe G (@EastEndJoe) October 10, 2025
And of course, TIME Magazine ran a headline meant to mock Trump, claiming he “shamelessly campaigned” for the prize.
Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for https://t.co/b4kJB9qb1n
— TIME (@TIME) October 10, 2025
But here’s what they didn’t expect: Machado dedicated her award to Trump. She thanked him for his “decisive support” in Venezuela’s fight for freedom. And just like that, the narrative they built collapsed.
This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) October 10, 2025
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic…
The woman they were cheering turned around and credited the man they hate. And the real kicker? The replies. Liberals telling her she’s wrong. Scroll through the comments on her post—they’re basically saying that she doesn’t understand her own struggle.
Why is she giving credit to Donald trump? Is Venezuela fearing Trump's tariff?
— Kantala fc (@ifOnlyKantala) October 10, 2025
Please we’re happy you got it but don’t make it about Trump. He has no integrity
— Mogana (@MoganaPhilips) October 10, 2025
They’re not just disagreeing. They’re trying to overwrite her experience. Telling her she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. It’s condescending and entitled—exactly what they are.
And their most asinine argument? That they don’t give peace prizes to authoritarians—they give them to people who fight authoritarianism. Fine. Machado fits that perfectly. She’s stared real authoritarianism in the face. And she chose to dedicate her award to Trump.
That alone should tell you something.
Because if Trump were the authoritarian they claim, she wouldn’t be thanking him—she’d be warning the world about him. But she’s not. She’s crediting him.
And the people questioning that are the ones who’ve never lived a single day under dictatorship. They sit in freedom, post from safety, and pretend they know what tyranny looks like.
Meanwhile, the woman who’s actually fighting it says Trump is helping her do it. That tells you everything you need to know.
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