Obama Playing Risky Game of Russian Roulette over Putin's Crimea Invasion

The decision for Machado was, naturally, also a decision against Trump.

[I]f anything characterizes freedom, it’s moderation, respect for others and repulsion at insult, belittlement and aggression.

Machado’s Nobel Prize is even more significant in light of recent U.S. military actions near Venezuela...A Nobel Prize that rewards peace should be viewed as a warning against military overreach.

Contempt for him is so great that, in this country, Trump is conceded little, and his successes are ignored. One of them is the peace plan for the Gaza Strip.

[A] brutal showdown should be expected.

The only remaining question is when Trump’s team will decide the timing is right.

[T]he president failed to disclose that subsidies granted by his government — in connivance with the Republican Party — artificially maintain the viability of fossil fuels.