Donald Trump has been saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for years. Yesterday, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado handed Trump her medal she received earlier this year, but is that really how it works? The Nobel Peace Center has issued a rare statement clarifying whether Trump can accept the award.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump has long wanted the Nobel Peace Prize. In recent months, as the 2025 year\u2019s prize was set to be announced, the President of the United States ramped up his tone about how he is worth getting it as he stopped \u201ceight wars.\u201d<\/p>\n
In October, he even slammed former President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe got a prize for doing nothing,\u201d Trump said. \u201cObama got a prize, he didn\u2019t even know what he got. He got elected and they gave it to Obama for doing absolutely nothing but destroying our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump added, \u201cHe was not a good president,\u201d claiming that his 2024 reelection was \u201cmuch more important\u201d than Obama\u2019s victory in 2008.<\/p>\n
The former real estate mogul didn\u2019t receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Just days after his rant about Obama, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 2025 peace prize would be awarded to Maria Corina Machado.<\/p>\n
Donald Trump & the Nobel Peace Prize
\nTrump was not happy about it. The president raged that it was an \u201cembarrassment\u201d to Norway that he didn\u2019t win, even though the country of Norway as a whole has nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel Prize more than me,\u201d Trump ranted.<\/p>\n
Now, however, it seems as if Donald Trump finally received \u201chis\u201d Nobel Peace Prize. As Machado visited the US president at the White House on Thursday, she presented him with the medal.
\nWhy is unclear; however, it\u2019s been speculated that it has to do with Machado wanting to make Trump happy and giving him the medal as a signal of good faith for him to work with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
Trump handed the Nobel Peace Prize from Machado
\n\u201cI presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,\u201d Machado told reporters after leaving the White House, adding that she had done it \u201cas a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n
On social media, Trump later said Machado had left the medal to him.<\/p>\n
Trump confirmed later on social media that Machado had left the medal for him to keep, and he said it was an honor to meet her.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. Mar\u00eda presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,\u201d Trump said in his post. \u201cSuch a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Mar\u00eda!\u201d<\/p>\n
While Donald Trump is praised by many of his MAGA followers for \u201creceiving\u201d the Nobel Peace Prize, others find it very strange.<\/p>\n
Speaking with NBC, Lewis Lukens, a senior official in the U.S. Embassy in London during Trump\u2019s first term, said a proper response from an American president who is offered someone else\u2019s Nobel Prize is to graciously decline.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it were any other president, they\u2019d say: \u2018Thank you so much. That\u2019s very kind of you, but this is an award that was given to you. Please don\u2019t leave it here. It\u2019s yours. I refuse to accept it,\u2019\u201d Lukens stated. \u201cBut I can totally see Trump saying: \u2018Thank you very much. I deserve it, and I\u2019m going to keep it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobel Committee says peace prize \u201ccannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others.\u201d
\nSo how does it really work? Can Machado actually give away her Nobel Peace Prize? A week ago, the Nobel Committee released a statement on how it works.<\/p>\n
The Nobel Committee has taken the rare step to clarify this, with many believing it has shot down any hopes that the president could get the Peace Prize through the back door.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute receive a number of requests for comments regarding the permanence of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate\u2019s status,\u201d the organization wrote on its website on Friday, January 9.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe facts are clear and well established. Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement read that Machado, the opposition\u2019s presidential candidate in Venezuela in 2024, but was blocked by the Maduro regime, received the Nobel Peace Prize \u201cfor her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nobel Peace Center releases rare response
\nShortly after Trump received the Peace Prize from Machado, the Nobel Peace Center shared a rare response on X.<\/p>\n
The post read that the medal \u201cmeasures 6.6 cm in diameter, weighs 196 grams and is struck in gold. On its face, a portrait of Alfred Nobel and on its reverse, three naked men holding around each other\u2019s shoulders as a sign of brotherhood. A design unchanged for 120 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
The center continued to share that the Nobel Peace Prize \u201chave been passed on\u201d after it has been given, for example, Dmitry Muratov\u2019s medal, \u201cwhich was auctioned for over USD 100 million to support refugees from the war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the post concluded, \u201cBut one truth remains. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: \u2018Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.\u2019 A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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