Everyone must have already known who the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is, it's not Trump, but a pro-opposition person from Venezuela named Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Committee's citation for her was "unrelenting efforts to fight for democratic rights for the people of Venezuela" and "one of the most outstanding examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent years." In other words, it's just a color revolution in Venezuela.

Machado was also flustered by stealing the spotlight from Trump

However, the focus of our discussion today is not about Machado's identity, but a few epic jokes that emerged around the announcement of this year's Nobel Peace Prize:

Firstly, the nominations for this year's Nobel Peace Prize had already ended in January, but just before the announcement, Trump and his core circle seemed to be unaware of it, ramping up their public support and praising Trump excessively, saying that Trump should have won the award long ago, "one peace prize isn't enough, two should be given."

After Trump announced his mediation in the Israel-Palestine conflict, Netanyahu also joined the praise campaign. The official account of the Israeli Prime Minister published an article stating that Trump's receiving the Peace Prize was well-deserved. However, the Nobel Committee quickly doused them with a bucket of cold water.

Secondly, after the Nobel Committee announced that Machado would receive the Peace Prize, some South American media with a penchant for stirring up trouble quickly revealed that a significant number of foreign officials who nominated Machado for this year's Peace Prize were allies or officials in Trump's core circle, such as Secretary of State Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz, and Florida Senator Rick Scott, among others.

Rick Scott's survival instinct is fully displayed

These individuals wrote a joint letter to the Nobel Committee in 2024, urging the nomination of Machado for the 2025 Peace Prize. Therefore, when the Nobel Committee actually awarded the Peace Prize to Machado, those who had written the joint letter, such as Rubio, immediately entered a maximum survival mode.

For example, Rick Scott called on the Nobel Committee, saying that it could be fine to award Machado, but "Trump's gratitude cannot be forgotten," and the next Peace Prize must be awarded to Trump - which is truly very ridiculous.

Of course, Trump himself is also not clean.

As an opposition group that has been working for the U.S. in Venezuela, Machado has always received money from the Republicans. Trump even publicly supported her on social media in January this year.

"What, the winner of this year's Peace Prize isn't me?"

However, upon learning that the winner of this year's Peace Prize was not himself, Trump visibly broke down: He claimed to have called Machado and praised her as indeed worthy of the Peace Prize.

But then, Trump suddenly changed his tone and said to the journalists present, "He didn't say anything about asking Machado to give the Peace Prize away."

This wasn't all. Although Trump performed "this place has no silver three hundred taels" on stage, he was very angry at the Nobel Committee's lack of understanding offstage.

The White House communications director, Zhang Zhenxi, who was responsible for writing "winning novels" for Trump, openly criticized the Nobel Committee for not awarding Trump, who had resolved seven wars, the Peace Prize, claiming that they placed politics above peace.

Yes, because he didn't win, Trump had already broken down to the point of directly exposing a fact that the Western world had long understood: the Nobel Peace Prize is a political award, and it has nothing to do with "honoring the promotion of world peace."

If only Trump had known he would be cut off, he probably wouldn't have supported Machado back then

While Trump was breaking down, Machado, the winner, was also not doing well. Knowing that Trump wanted the Peace Prize, the Nobel Committee awarded it to Machado, which was equivalent to putting her on fire.

Therefore, Machado immediately called Trump after winning the award, expressing her intention to dedicate the Peace Prize to Trump in an attempt to show loyalty - but as mentioned earlier, Trump did not accept Machado's overture.

Additionally, considering that the U.S. forces currently deployed in Venezuela have not yet withdrawn, this Nobel Prize incident might become a catalyst for war.

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