"The jab comes weeks after MAGA's failed push for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which instead went to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado for advancing democratic rights. Trump's allies had argued he deserved the honor for brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas earlier this year even though entries for the 2025 award closed in January. After the White House shared images of Trump proudly receiving the award, in the form of a small statue of former President Richard Nixon, Colbert just couldn't resist roasting him."
"But Colbert wasn't buying it and cited the controversial records of some past recipients as his proof comically adding in Smurfs villain Gargamel and Jigsaw, the brutal killer in the Saw film franchise. Pretty bold choice to give a peace prize to [Henry] Kissinger, [Dick]Cheney, [Donald] Rumsfeld, and [George W.] Bush, he said. That's like giving a Latin Grammy to Kissinger, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush."
Donald Trump received the Architect of Peace honor from the Richard Nixon Foundation after the White House shared images of him holding a small Richard Nixon statue. The award recognizes those who embody Nixon's lifelong goal of shaping a more peaceful world. The honor followed a failed MAGA push for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which instead went to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. The prize drew mockery comparing it to a trivial or joke award and citing controversial past recipients, and spurred criticism linking the honor to Trump's immigration policies and ICE enforcement.
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