Within hours, however, Trump’s hopes were dashed by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, which said its rules do not permit the passing on of its coveted prize to someone else. A spokesperson told the Daily Beast on Friday: “A Nobel Prize can neither be revoked nor transferred to others. Once the announcement of the laureate(s) has been made, the decision stands for all time. As for the prize money, the laureate(s) are free to dispose of it as they see fit.”

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    Jesus fuck. Guys. This is the real reason. Yes, he wants the oil. Yes he wants to depose a leader that mocks him and wants to put in one that will kiss his ass. Yes it will make his political and big oil backers happy… But for real… I think this is what the motive for the entire Venezuela thing was actually about. Trump wants leverage to take the Novel Prize that he thinks should be his. That’s it. The rest is just icing on the cake. He’d have wanted to do it even without any other reason. I just… this is the worst kind of fiction. Let me the fuck off this ride.

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    LOL, it’s suuuuuch a shame that they are in another fucking country and out of reach of this asshat’s tiny little grubby mitts.

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      We can only speculate about it’s shape, and the speed at which it is delivered to the neck of the recipient.