In this photo shared by the White House Maria Corina Machado is shown presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump. Picture: White House. US President Donald Trump has unofficially been handed the Nobel Peace Prize.
Talk show hostJimmy Kimmel also joked about the wars Trump had ended, which includedStar Wars. When Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize in October, she immediately dedicated the award to Trump. Reports even claimed that Trump didn’t make Machado president after ousting Nicolás Maduro because she committed the “ultimate sin” of accepting recognition from the Nobel Committee.
Trump hosted Machado behind closed doors at the White House on Thursday, marking their first in-person meeting since the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Machado presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize and described the meeting warmly, saying, “We are counting on President Trump for the freedom of Venezuela.” Trump announced in a Truth Social post praising the Venezuelan Opposition leader, even though the Nobel Committee has said that the Peace Prize is not transferable. “María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” and called the move a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” A few hours after Trump’s post, the official White House X account posted a photo of Machado handing Trump a framed plaque with the Nobel Peace Prize medal.
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