Trump Gifted Venezuelan Oppn Leader Machado's Nobel Peace Prize; Is It Possible? Here's What Officials Say

America’s 45th and consequently the 47th president, Shri Shri Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize manifestations have finally materialized only a couple weeks since he captured (aka kidnapped) Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro in a not-so-covert operation. Opposition leader of the country and the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize awardee María Corina Machado, during her visit to the White House, kept her promise. Last year after receiving the accolade for peace, she dedicated the prize to Trump with a heartfelt tweet (below). This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom. We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy. I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause! Machado handed over her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, as the White House posted a gleeful picture of the duo holding the present. Meanwhile, a CNN correspondent tweeted that Machado reportedly walked back from the White House with a present herself, a swag bag perhaps. All will be in vain if she isn’t the next Venezuelan president though. This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom. We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic... - María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) October 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) - Venezuela's Machado says she presented Trump her Nobel Peace Prize to recognize his commitment to her country. - philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 15, 2026 President Donald J. Trump meets with María Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor.🕊️ pic.twitter.com/v7pYHjVNVO - The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 16, 2026 REPORTER: "Did you offer to President Trump your Nobel Peace Prize?" MARÍA CORINA MACHADO: "I presented the President of the United States the medal...the Nobel Peace Prize." "Two hundred years ago, General Lafayette gave Simón Bolívar a medal with George Washington's face on... pic.twitter.com/xR69XpQCk8 - Fox News (@FoxNews) January 16, 2026 Maria Machado left her Nobel Peace Prize at the White House for Trump to keep, a source familiar with the matter tells me. But she didn't leave empty-handed-- Getty photo shows her walking out with what appears to be a swag bag. pic.twitter.com/o1jKp9xyD3 - Kristen Holmes (@KristenhCNN) January 16, 2026 María Corina Machado said she offered the US president her medal ‘in recognition of his steadfast commitment to our freedom’, but failed to secure his backing to be her country’s next leader. https://t.co/yFe5Ef3kZf pic.twitter.com/3afth2aAod - Financial Times (@FT) January 16, 2026 Is it possible though to just give away a Nobel to someone else? In...

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