• daannii@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Should have made a fake one with a little radioactive bit inside.

    I mean who would check ?

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    10 hours ago

    It means nothing because it can’t be given to anyone other than whose won it. Like you can’t give the medal of freedom to Oscar the Grouch.

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      8 hours ago

      I would. Oscar’s the freeest muppet, he lives by his own rules. (And his garbage can is bigger on the inside, so that includes the laws of physics)

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    7 hours ago

    He can put it next to his “World’s Greatest Dad” mug which I’m sure he thinks is real, valid and earned rather than something to soothe his fragile ego

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    10 hours ago

    JFC, how pathetic this guy is.

    That’s not how medals work, asshole.

    Who would have thought a guy practically in the Silent Generation would have pined for a participation trophy? Such a loser.

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      Not even a participation trophy. I have recieved exactly 1 trophy in my life. It was a 1992 participation trophy for playing 1st grade basketball as mandated by the school.

      But I DID play the season of basketball. I DID participste.

      Show me where trump has participated in acts that promote peace.

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      10 hours ago

      I feel like her sacrificial decision to give him this (ultimately meaningless) symbolic token in exchange for the potential of peace for her country is showing why she deserved the Peace Prize in the first place. If handing it over makes Trump chill the hell out about working with Venezuela’s succession, it will have been worth it.

      (This situation is obviously batshit insane and it’s pathetic that he’s extorting her, but at least she’s trying to use all her resources available to manipulate this mad king and sue for peace - if this Nobel Prize was driving his hatred, it’s best to sacrifice it I guess. Especially since the actual honor is non-transferrable LMAO)

      • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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        Or she’s just selling out and kissing ass in hopes that the invaders will install her as a puppet and grant her money and power.

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          10 hours ago

          If he wants something shiny, and it has a chance of protecting even one Venezuelan family from senseless tantrums, might as well hand it over. It’s not exactly a bold move but it is a peaceful one, and it might help.

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    I’m sure this was a difficult choice.

    It’s basically this, and hope that it buys enough goodwill with Trump to let you take over the government there, or you keep it and let the US operate the government as a puppet state.

    Ultimately, if this pays off, the medal is a pretty cheap price to pay all things considered

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      The medal doesn’t even mean anything. It’s like buying a purple heart at an auction; doesn’t make you a veteran. Of course, Trump would never understand that.

    • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Be a puppet state either way, she just wants to signal that she’d be an enthusiastic puppet.

      Her entire legitimacy at this point consists of being recognized by Western organizations and now grovelling to a hostile foreign power. She’d be the worst type of puppet.

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        I’m not so sure

        Assuming she is appointed as the leader of the country, she can use that position to save people from callous deaths that would otherwise happen with a full US occupation.

        It’s a harm reduction measure, rather than a path to victory