It was a given that President Trump won't be given the Nobel Peace Prize. Not at least this year. However, by awarding it to Maria Corina Machado , the Norwegian Nobel Committee has not just snubbed Trump, but rubbed salt into his wounds.

While the whole world knows Donald J Trump, not many would have known Maria Corina Machado , who "keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness".

Picking a relatively unknown person over the world's most powerful person, who has been unabashedly lobbying for the Peace Nobel, is a discreet message. Machado deserves the Nobel because she has made no big contribution to world peace by "stopping eight wars". But Don doesn't get the discreet. So, the obvious was needed.

Awarding it to Maria Machado for fighting for democracy is a succ

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