President Trump failed in his bid to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, with the Norwegian Nobel committee announcing Friday that María Corina Machado was given this year’s award for promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the committee, said the opposition was honored for being a “key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided – an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government.”

Trump’s bid for the award was always going to be a long shot, with the deadline for nominations on February 1, just weeks into his second term. This was before he made major moves to settle what he describes as seven wars in seven months, though some remain largely unresolved.

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