President Donald Trump said Thursday he would accept Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize if she offers it to him,

@JimboSaturn Trump loves baubles! It is surprising that he hasn't declared himself Reichsmarshall and taken to wearing a white uniform.

Yes, I know, give him time!

@bijouxbroussard Trump is not interested in "saving" Venezuela, whatever that might mean.

Machado appears to be a mini-trumpian right wing populist. She is right up his street, except she is a little too old, a little too unblonde and just a little too "latin".

@SchoolBelle I admit, I don’t know her. She appears to be whom the Venezuelans wanted in place of Maduro, and they have the right to their choice without U.S. interference, especially from someone like Trump who announces that he can be bought. Of course I know Trump doesn’t really care about his own country, much less any other. But I guess I assumed Machado does care about Venezuela. I still don’t know if you’re saying this about her because maybe she agreed with Trump ? I wasn’t aware she had.
Or are you Venezuelan ? That’s who would know Machado’s background for certain.

@bijouxbroussard No, I am observing from afar and judging her by her own words.

Technically, she is not the choice of the Venezuelan people. She was prevented from running in the last election (stolen by Maduro). It is generally recognised that the election was won by Edmundo Gonzales.

Had she been able to run (safely) there is little doubt that she would have won.

(I am English but consider myself first and foremost European.)

@SchoolBelle With the help, surprisingly enough, of a large percentage of white women and men of color. Our country’s demographics are now such that if not for those percentages (plus the people who opted not to vote at all) he probably wouldn’t have won. The vote of white men alone wouldn’t have been enough. That’s why thé GOP tries so hard to disenfranchise certain groups of voters—they know those votes count.

@bijouxbroussard Yes, I agree. Voter suppression in some demographics is a key policy for them, along with gerrymandering certain constituencies to dilute opposition voters.

@bijouxbroussard True, he does ricochet between trying to look like a tough guy and coming off weak and desperate.

@faery The two characteristics often go together...

@ArishMell Also true, vulnerable narcissism

@bijouxbroussard Looks pitiful all the time!!!