The Irony of Newsom's Nobel Rant

Oh, how the delicious irony. There sits Gavin Newsom at the World Economic Forum in Davos, melting down harder than a snowflake in the sauna, ranting on about world leaders, namely Trump, "handing out crowns and Nobel Prizes". As if Trump personally awards Nobels—spoiler: no president does. But Newsom, California's own king of chaos, accuses others of pathetic complicity while conveniently forgetting his own party's history of busting out kneepads and doling out shiny baubles like candy at a kid's birthday party. Enter Barack Obama, the joker who turned the Presidential Medal of Freedom into a who's-who of Hollywood's most eligible schmoozers and porky political pals, all under the guise of, get this, "honor."

Obama's Presidential Medal of Freedom Bonanza

During "not-black" Obama's eight years, this dumpster fire of a politician handed out a whopping 123 Medals of Freedom—which is far more than any other president that ever came before him. And don't chalk it up to efficiency; because, clearly, that's excess. While Trump gets shaded for nominations he didn't even control, Obama was busy necklacing celebrities who, let's be real, contributed about as much to freedom as a Netflix binge session. Celebrity status? Check. Actual groundbreaking service to the nation? Eh, debatable.

Why is Gavin Even Crying About This?

Look, Gavin jumped on his soapbox and started decrying that Nobel Peace Prizes were just being handed out. But, let's recap what actually happened... The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her role in leading Venezuela's opposition. However, Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump as a symbolic gesture during a White House meeting in January 2026, thanking him for U.S. intervention in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Trump accepted the medal, calling it a "wonderful gesture of mutual respect." So, yeah, why is Gavin jumping on top of his soapbox about this again?

The Star-Studded Recipients: Obama's Circle of Cronies?

Take Ellen DeGeneres: Awarded in 2016 for... being funny and coming out on TV? Groundbreaking, sure, but does hosting a studio dance party really qualify as defending freedom? Or what about Robert De Niro? He's someone who got his in the same year—presumably for playing tough guys in movies while Obama played tough on drone strikes. Sharp contrast: Trump's deals brought real peace to the Middle East, yet Newsom calls notable things like that "pathetic". Meanwhile, Obama spent his years in office pinning medals to the likes of Tom Hanks for pretending to be heroes in films, I guess, when actual heroes like first responders got overlooked in favor of A-listers and NAVY SEALs were "allegedly" murdered.

Oh! And don't get me started on Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, or Michael Jordan—all 2016 honorees. Singing about the working man, belting out hits, or dunking basketballs is cool, but freedom medals? It's like giving a Purple Heart for merely participating in a karaoke contest when you warbled into the mic the entirety of the 6 minute song you chose to compete with. I mean, these wafts of symbolism: Obama's way of signaling who's who in his "elite" circle, from Oprah Winfrey (2013, for being Oprah) to Bill and Melinda Gates (2016, for philanthropy that suspiciously aligns with globalist agendas). Corruption? Maybe not to the naked eye, but when you put the magnifying glass up to this medal handoffs, you can clearly see that it's the ultimate insiders' club, complete with handouts to those who were foolish enough to echo the Obama admin's belt-fed narrative, while real disruptors like Trump, and I, and maybe even you, were constantly demonized.

Gosh Darn Those Devilish Double Standards

Newsom wails and moans about leaders "rolling over" for Trump, shouting "woe is me" while simultaneously cooking up his "the sky is falling" rhetoric, suggesting the use of knee pads while he claims that they're taking their positions for submission to Trump. Hilarious though, because, coming from a guy whose state is rolling in debt, homelessness, and mass exodus, all while while he casually jets to Davos on taxpayer dime just so he can make America look like the victim in all his self-incflicted glory of chaos.

Now, sharply contrast that with Obama, who won his own Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, which was basically handed to him for just showing up. Why you say? Because, this was before he had accomplished any major or noteworthy achievements. "Efforts" and "hopes," they said. Sounds a lot like a "participation trophy" scenario that he ended up bestowing on his buddies. As for Trump? He didn't earn them for coming out of the closet, he didn't earn them for playing house in the White House... He earned his nominations through tangible deals that actually stopped wars.

If handing out awards to undeserving elites is "embarrassing," as Newsom claims, then Obama's administration was a full-blown circus. In what world does a celebrity deserve presidential bling just for simply being famous; I mean, that's what the fricken Walk of Fame is for. Newsom's hypocrisy is several shades darker than a staged blackout in California—shaming strength while defending a legacy of symbolic sycophancy. Cry more, Gavin; I don't think you've squeezed out enough crocodile tears yet.

Well, Who Got the Medal of Freedom?

Here is the complete comma-separated list of all individuals (and joint awards) who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama (2009–2017): Madeleine Albright, Isabel Allende, Maya Angelou, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Alvin Ailey, Nancy Brinker, Yogi Berra, Bonnie Carroll, Shirley Chisholm, Bill Clinton, Elouise Cobell, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert De Niro, John Dingell, Bob Dylan, Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, William Foege, Richard Garwin, Frank Gehry, Robert Gates, Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, Pedro José Greer, Margaret H. Hamilton, Tom Hanks, Stephen Hawking, Dolores Huerta, Daniel Inouye, Jasper Johns, Michael Jordan, Katherine Johnson, Jack Kemp, Ted Kennedy, Billie Jean King, Gerda Weissmann Klein, Joe Medicine Crow, Sylvia Mendez, Abner Mikva, Lorne Michaels, Patsy Mink, Newton Minow, Toni Morrison, Stan Musial, Yo-Yo Ma, Sandra Day O'Connor, Eduardo Padrón, Itzhak Perlman, Shimon Peres, Sidney Poitier, Robert Redford, Sally Ride, Chita Rivera, Mary Robinson, Diana Ross, Bayard Rustin, Arturo Sandoval, Vin Scully, Charlie Sifford, Jean Kennedy Smith, Gloria Steinem, Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand, Meryl Streep, Pat Summitt, James Taylor, Cicely Tyson, Desmond Tutu, C. T. Vivian, Patricia Wald, Oprah Winfrey, Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Yunus, John Lewis, Warren Buffett, John Glenn, Steven Spielberg, James Taylor (additional), and others including various civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, and public servants (totaling 118 recipients). You read me right, 118 people lined up over Obama's 8 years of disservice and received a Medal of Freedom. Isn't that crazy?

A Call to Question the "Honors"

In the end, this isn't about medals or prizes; it's about integrity. Trump's era promises real results, not ribbon-cutting for the rich and famous. Obama's list reads like a red carpet rollout: from Meryl Streep (2014) to Steven Spielberg (2015), it's a masterclass in mutual back-scratching. If Newsom wants to expose "pathetic" behavior, he should start with a mirror—or better yet, his beloved mentor's own White House logs. But, hey... Maybe that's why he's melting down? The gravy train just derailed and all that sweet grifting is going buh-bye. Oh, well!