Mid-Day Update: October 10, 2025
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Summary
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado. President Trump was denied the prize because he was "too much of an attention seeker" and thus unworthy of the prize. This comes as President Trump begins laying off federal workers as the government shutdown enters its second week.
Transcript
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Hello everybody, I'm John Foster with this Great America Show midday update for Friday, October 10th.
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Despite his role in ending a whopping eight war since taking office in just a short eight months,
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President Donald Trump did not win the Nobel Peace Prize and the head of the Nobel Committee
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offered a pathetic justification for the decision.
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Instead, the committee awarded Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado
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tireless work for promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela
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and her struggle to achieve just a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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When asked about President Trump, the Nobel chair suggested that President Trump
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was too much of an attention seeker and thus unworthy of the prize.
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In the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think this committee has seen many types of campaigns,
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We receive thousands and thousands of letters every year of people wanting to say what for them leads to peace.
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This committee sits with a room full of portraits and a room that is filled with both courage and integrity,
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so we base only our decision on the work and the will of Alfred Nobel.
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In other words, the committee denied President Trump simply due to his personality.
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Stephen Chung, the President Trump's fiery communications director,
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responded bluntly and correctly to the insane decision.
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The Nobel Committee proved they placed politics over peace.
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Now, while Cornelius Machado is an incredible woman who has been a brave warrior in her fight against communism
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who has stolen multiple elections in Venezuela,
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no person in the world has come close to President Trump
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President Trump, of course, ending the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan,
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the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda,
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the Israel and Iran war, which President Trump is set to finalize this week,
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Now, you recall that Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize
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and drop more than 26,000 bombs on seven countries.
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He doesn't seem like a man of much peace to me.
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Now, Maria Machado seems to be a great human being.
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She's dedicating her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump.
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The recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is the boost to conclude our task,
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as our principal allies to achieve freedom and democracy.
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I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela
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as the government shutdown drags on into its second week.
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with Office of Management Budget Director Russ Vogt last week,
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and he definitely doesn't get treated like one.