They Played Him Like A Fiddle!

Do you remember all the flack that Trump was given the FIFA about heighten immigration screening for the soccer players over the tournament... did you notice that it all has been fixed? There is magically no more problems with ICE and CBP!

Opinion: Trump doesn't deserve peace prize, even FIFA's fake one

By Nancy Armour

USA TODAY

Dec. 5, 2025

President Donald Trump better savor his FIFA Peace Prize, because it’s the only one he’s going to get.

In a surprise to no one, Trump received FIFA’s made-up, not-to-be-taken-seriously-at-all token award that was created solely for the purpose of stroking the president’s considerable ego. He got a gaudy, gold trophy — the better to match the Oval Office! — a medal he immediately put on and a certificate to commemorate the embarrassing, err, momentous occasion.

“(This is) in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino gushed ahead of the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C.

FIFA knew how to handle Trump: give him a medal and play to his ego.

Trump is the most divisive person on the planet, let alone the country he was elected to lead, and his actions and rhetoric have made the entire planet a colder, crueler and unsafer place. He’s a champion for peace in his own mind only, and no reputable group would ever honor him as such.

He didn't even pause the blowing up of boats in the Caribbean to get the award.

Infantino knows how badly Trump craves a Noble peace prize. Actually the whole world does, because Trump mentions it almost any chance he gets. But Infantino also knows tiny Cape Verde has a better chance of winning the World Cup in its first appearance than Trump has of winning over the Nobel committee.

The people who decide the Nobel prizes are not sycophants like Trump’s cabinet. They are not going to give Trump credit for made-up peace deals and agreements so flimsy they fell apart before the ink was dry. They are not going to ignore Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin, treating him like the wronged party in the unprovoked war on Ukraine that the Russian despot started.

Even while they are under investigations for "War Crimes"

‘This is pathetic:’ Fans react as Trump receives first ever FIFA Peace Prize

FIFA said the president had ‘championed the unifying power of football on the world stage’

The Independent 

Mike Bedigan

Friday 05 December 2025 

Soccer fans reacted with outrage and incredulity as Donald Trump accepted the newly created “FIFA Peace Prize” during the 2026 World Cup draw.

“This is pathetic,” wrote one user, responding to a picture of the president being handed the prize by FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Friday’s ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

“FIFA is so corrupted man, they actually made a ‘peace’ award for Trump because he got upset about not getting the Nobel peace prize... What are we even doing here?” wrote another user, with a third adding: “He will be telling us from now on how this award is actually more important than the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Others described the handing over of the seemingly arbitrary award to Trump as “beyond parody,” though some looked forward to the prospect. “Can't wait for a South Park episode about this,” wrote one user.

They got his number. Just look at the shit-eaten grin he has on his face as he got the award. Everyone knows that the award is a bribe to get Trump off their backs.

He looks like he is picking a out chocolates from a candy box.

Yup, they got his number all rights...

As well as the prize, Infantino also handed Trump “a beautiful medal for you that you can wear everywhere you want to go,” which the president accepted with a smile.

I can't wait for the next White House function to see if Trump is wearing "his" medal."

This says it all...

P.S. Watch out when trump figures it all out and that it is a joke on him... remember Trump is the revenge king. You just might find that all your player visas were canceled!

Did You Expect Anything Less?

You heard of the "Midas Touch", well Trump has the "Minus Touch" everything he touches turns to crap.

The Kennedy Center Honors are coming up. This year's event will be different

NPR News

December 5, 2025

Elizabeth Blair

The Kennedy Center Honors have traditionally been one of Washington's splashiest affairs. Think Hollywood on the Potomac.

Every year, an astonishing number of A-listers come to Washington, D.C., to pay tribute to the honorees with performances and speeches. Think Beyoncé performing for Tina Turner, Audrey Hepburn rhapsodizing about Cary Grant, Rob Reiner praising Norman Lear, Aretha Franklin singing for Carol King, Sidney Poitier honoring Harry Belafonte or James Taylor and John Williams playing for Yo-Yo Ma.

Well now Trump fired the bipartisan Board of Directors and put his cronies in their place. And everything went to shit.

As in years past, Sunday night's gala will be turned into a broadcast special that will air on CBS and Paramount+ on Dec. 23.

But, after months of upheaval at the Kennedy Center, the 48th Honors will be different. In February, President Trump abruptly ousted the Kennedy Center president, Deborah Rutter, and board chair David Rubenstein. Staff who worked on the ceremony and broadcast have also recently resigned.

So you know that Trump had to muddy up the waters...

In the past, honorees were chosen in a months-long, bipartisan undertaking by members of the Kennedy Center board with input from the general public and past honorees. Ultimately recipients were selected by executive members of the board and a couple of other senior staff members, with consultation from past honorees such as Julie Andrews, Lionel Richie and John Williams.

This year, President Trump said he was "about 98%" involved in the selection process. He also broke with tradition by personally announcing the names at a press conference at the Kennedy Center last August. Previously, the announcement was made on the center's website and in press releases.

It is "Me, Me, Me" with Trump! Guess who the host will be this year?

Previous hosts of the Kennedy Center Honors have included Walter Cronkite, Stephen Colbert, Gloria Estefan and Queen Latifah. Trump will host this year, a first for a U.S. president. At the August press conference, Trump said he's hosting because he was asked (he didn't say by whom), and said he was told "You'll get much higher ratings." He continued, "I used to host The Apprentice finales and we did rather well with that. So I think we're going to do very well because we have some great honorees."

Whether he will be doing t or not is still a secret and it is only a couple of weeks away! Forbes wrote that one of this year's honorees is...

Stallone, who has a history of supporting Republican candidates, had refrained from publicly supporting Trump until his 2024 election victory, after which Stallone introduced him at an event in Mar-a-Lago in November. There, Stallone called Trump a “really mythical character,” compared him to Washington and said nobody “could’ve pulled off what he pulled off,” referring to his election victory. Strait, who is largely quiet on politics, appeared to reference Trump’s assassination attempt at a concert on July 13, the same day Trump survived a bullet wound to the ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Strait dedicated a performance of his 2019 pro-police song, “The Weight of the Badge,” to law enforcement officers, thanking them for their service “especially after today.” Gaynor, whose 1978 disco classic “I Will Survive” has been considered an LGBTQ anthem, has adopted Christian religious beliefs since she became a churchgoer in the 1980s...

If you butter up to Trump he showers you with awards!

As with everything Trump touches it tanks, The Hill writes,

Ticket sales plummet at Kennedy Center after Trump takeover: Washington Post analysis

by Ashleigh Fields - 10/31/25

Ticket sales for the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet in the months since President Trump took over its operations.

Tens of thousands of seats have been left empty at the three main performance venues, according to The Washington Post. 

About 43 percent of tickets remain unsold according to the Post’s daily analysis of the Kennedy Center’s Opera House, Concert Hall and Eisenhower Theater from Sept. 3 to Oct. 19.

The outlet said the Kennedy Center was missing out on approximately $1 million in revenue 45 days into show season after numerous artists canceled or refused to perform there while it is under the Trump administration’s control.

Richard Grenell, a Trump ally who was appointed interim president of the cultural center, said the staff members on site are “ecstatic,” alleging that workers were “dying for a change.” Performances by Christian artists have been ramped up in an effort to drive out what the administration has pegged as “woke” art pieces.

And sales have plummeted there just doesn't seem to be many people who want to spend a couple of hundred bucks watching gospel songs?

His comments, however, contradict the Post’s reporting that says there’s been a 36 percent drop in ticket sales compared to this time last year. The outlet also cited audience adjustments as a sign of patrons’ disengagement from the Kennedy Center.

[...]

“These numbers are likely more dire than they appear, as they don’t account for canceled productions or shows moved into smaller theaters due to weak ticket sales,” the person said in a statement provided on the condition of anonymity due to fear of retaliation. 

Hold it we are talking about "Trump's Minus Touch" here... "going to make it “hot” again" so hot no one wants to touch it! The Center is folding just like all the other things that Trump touches!

Mini-Post: Sorry Donald

He wanted it more than anything else... he deserved it! It was his by right! They are all against him! Yeah, yeah, it is a conspiracy against him personally!

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

NPR News

By Kate Bartlett

October 10, 2025

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

In an announcement on Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Machado's tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela is "one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times."

Machado has been one of the staunchest critics of the powerful United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) since it first came to power in the late 1990s.

And he lost to a left-wing socialist!!!!! The New Republic wrote...

It’s no secret that Trump has pined for the international honor: The U.S. president phoned Norway’s Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg “out of the blue” back in July to inquire about the possibility of acquiring the prize, using tariffs as a cover for their discussion.

Trump has complained for years that his name has not yet been added to the ranks of prize recipients, who span some of the greatest figures of the last century, including Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa, and Malala Yousafzai.

Me! Me! Me! It would have looked good in all the golden glitter in Mar-A-Lago!

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Update: 10/11 @ 6:30AM

The Guardian wrote that,

Following Friday’s announcement that the Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado had been awarded the prize, senior aides to the US president attacked the Norwegian committee as politicised while Norway braced itself for a potential diplomatic response from the White House.

“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” wrote Steven Cheung, a Trump aide and the White House’s director of communications.

Trump will “continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives”, he wrote. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.”

Trump’s special envoy, Richard Grenell​ – who has been leading economic negotiations with Nicolás Maduro’s administration – also voiced dissatisfaction, tweeting: “The Nobel Prize died years ago.​”

Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, told Fox News: ​“[Trump] deserves it more than anyone alive​ on this planet right now … But we know these people who establish who wins the Nobel peace prize hate Donald Trump​ – they suffer from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’. ​And ​in our hearts he will be winning the Nobel peace prize … and I hope he wins it in the future.”

They really, really believe he deserved it!

Let's look at the real reason Trump didn't win...

• His "America First" policies and withdrawal from international agreements, which run counter to the prize's ideals of international cooperation and fraternity.
• His public lobbying for the award, which is unusual and generally frowned upon by the committee.
• The fact that many of his high-profile nominations came after the February deadline for the 2025 prize.
• Dispute over the actual impact and resolution of conflicts he has claimed to end.

But everyone knows that the whole world is against Trump... it is a conspiracy against him!

Shine On

Kwizgiver at “What if this is as good as it gets”, has awarded me the Shine On award.

THE SHINE ON AWARD
Here are the rules of the award:
1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
2. Acknowledge that blogger on your blog, and link back.
3. Share seven random, interesting things about yourself.
4. Nominate up to 15 bloggers for the Shine On Award, provide a link to their blogs in your post, and notify them on their blogs.

Now for the seven random facts about me:

1.    I loved watching the America’s Cup race that is taking place in San Francisco. The Team USA came from behind (8-1) to win the last eight races (9-8) it was one of the biggest comebacks in sports history. It’s probably the only sports that I like.
2.    I love giving workshops and one day I would love to teach a class.
3.    This is my first cold in more years than I can remember.
4.    As an adult I never went to a museum until I was 59.
5.    Along the same lines, except for work I never went out to eat by myself until I was 59.
6.    I think I am a good amateur photographer.
7.    I’m dyslexic

My nominees...
Harriet and Friends
Bank Chick Scratching