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[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 119 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Is this the first Nobel laureate to run a country? How bloody amazing. Well done Mexico!

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 157 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

Barak Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate nine months after his inauguration. Subsequently, he used a drone to murder an American citizen, among a litany of other atrocities.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 74 points 3 months ago

Meanwhile Lê Đức Thọ refused the prize as it was shared with FUCKING KISSINGER.

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