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highplainsdem

(58,802 posts) Fri Oct 10, 2025, 09:36 AM Oct 10

White House says Nobel Committee puts 'politics over peace' [View all]

Source: Reuters

The White House on Friday criticized the Nobel Prize committee's decision to grant the peace prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader instead of U.S. President Donald Trump, who aggressively lobbied for the award and touted his role in brokering international ceasefire deals.

"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will," White House spokesman Steven Cheung said in a post on X.

"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace."

The Norwegian Nobel Committee granted the annual award to Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado, citing "courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist" authoritarian leadership.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/white-house-says-nobel-committee-places-politics-over-peace-2025-10-10/

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White House says Nobel Committee puts 'politics over peace' [View all] highplainsdem Oct 10 OP

Oh, here we go. NCDem47 Oct 10 #1

Cry me a Potomac River. twodogsbarking Oct 10 #2

😄😄😄😄😄 TY! electric_blue68 Oct 10 #36

The WAAAAA! heard around the world... Hugin Oct 10 #3

Enjoy your colonoscopy, Donald C_U_L8R Oct 10 #4

I'd like them to publish a list of who they find in there. Hugin Oct 10 #5

Lindsey Graham for sure - he's been living there since about 2017. Ocelot II Oct 10 #28

trump and humanitarian in the same sentence? What audacity, stevie! mpcamb Oct 10 #6

White House puts authoritarianism over democracy. surfered Oct 10 #7

I'm pretty sure Maria Corina Machado hasn't underpants Oct 10 #8

Or bombed Iran. iemanja Oct 10 #12

Oh yeah, that. underpants Oct 10 #17

I thought they might have been more restrained, seeing as she's an opponent of Maduro muriel_volestrangler Oct 10 #9

"...the Ego Has Landed..." ! pandr32 Oct 10 #23

Incoming ketchup bottles!!!! Talitha Oct 10 #10

A humanitarian who lets millions of children starve and wants to eliminate healthcare for millions more. sinkingfeeling Oct 10 #11

I can't wait until 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 when he doesn't win in those years either. Ray Bruns Oct 10 #13

Breakfast was good the first time, not the second. MuseRider Oct 10 #14

Is steve kidding anyone? Marthe48 Oct 10 #15

The First Word from the WH should have been CONGRATULATIONS. The WH sould be ashamed of themselves! riversedge Oct 10 #16

Those grapes seem sour. -misanthroptimist Oct 10 #18

Nobel Committee creates new Nobel Projection Award. chowder66 Oct 10 #19

Another example of such a sore LOOOOOOOSSSSSSEEEEERRRR!!!! hamsterjill Oct 10 #20

The poor orange snowflake didn't get the Nobel peace prize. republianmushroom Oct 10 #21

Well, that's rich. Wednesdays Oct 10 #22

Oh noez, the ultimate GOP condemnation maxsolomon Oct 10 #24

The Triumph of the Will! DavidDvorkin Oct 10 #25

can move mountains with the sheer force of his will DBoon Oct 10 #26

Or an old Leni Riefenstahl film. Ocelot II Oct 10 #29

They think 1984 was an instruction manual. Peace is War. Clouds Passing Oct 10 #27

Kim Jong Un called. CivicGrief Oct 10 #30

I like this description: Bayard Oct 10 #31

They always use Stephen Cheung when they johnnyfins Oct 10 #32

Only TACO MissouriDem47 Oct 10 #33

Y-A-W-N catbyte Oct 10 #34

"He has the heart of a humanitarian, "... electric_blue68 Oct 10 #35