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January 16, 2026

Marķa Corina Machado Gives Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump
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Here in the U.S., right-wing Venezuelan opposition figure Marķa Corina
Machado met with President Trump at the White House Thursday, where
Machado said she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump. The pair posed for
a photo in the Oval Office, with Trump smiling as he displayed the medal
in a large golden frame. Trump called the transfer "a wonderful gesture
of mutual respect." In response, the Nobel Peace Center wrote on social
media, "A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize
laureate cannot." The Washington Post previously reported that President
Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the peace
prize. A source told the Post, "If she had turned it down and said, 'I
can't accept it because it's Donald Trump's,' she'd be the president of
Venezuela today."


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