Nobel committee says Peace Prize still Machado’s after Venezuelan opposition leader gives medal to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives away her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump in Washington DC on January 15, 2026. — White House handout pic
Saturday, 17 Jan 2026 10:29 AM MYT
OSLO, Jan 17 — The Nobel Peace Prize is inseparable from the person who won it, the Nobel Committee said Friday, a day after this year’s winner gave her medal to US President Donald Trump.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she had “presented” her Nobel medal to Trump, in a bid to win over the US president who had sidelined her since ousting Nicolas Maduro.
But the Nobel Committee’s statement from Oslo said: “Regardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize.”
“Even if the medal or diploma later comes into someone else’s possession, this does not alter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,” it added.
The committee said it would make no comment “on Peace Prize laureates or the political processes that they are engaged in”.
There were no restrictions on what laureates did with the medal, diploma and money they received as part of the prize, it added.
It listed several instances in which laureates had sold or given away their medals.
Machado won hers for “for 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”, according to the award citation.
Trump had campaigned hard to win last year’s Nobel Peace Prize for what he says are his efforts to stop eight wars.
Instead it went to Machado, who appeared in Oslo last month to collect her prize – following a daring escape from Venezuela by boat – and then dedicated it to Trump.
Machado won hers for “for 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”, according to the award citation. — AFP
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Trump "won" his by bombing the sh*t out of several countries and abetting the Gaza genocide
Another symbolic act hidden in plain sight, just as Trump had send a message to the remnant of the hidden power with respect to Machado giving him the NPP medal.
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Mark Carney of Canada just concluded trip to Beijing and with his NWO remark that took one of the member by surprise, during a press conference.
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French President Macron showed up wearing sunglasses, explaining he must wear them “for a while” due to a minor eye problem.
"LOOK HERE NOT THERE" warning...
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President Trump has the entire world focused on Greenland - so you know he’s doing 10 other huge things that nobody is noticing way over there.
Trump has “LOOK SQUIRREL!” down to a science.