Nobel Gesture That Turned Heads: Machado Presents Peace Prize Medal to Trump
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Fatima Saif
- . January 16, 2026
- . Update: January 16, 2026 5:18 pm
Opposition leader in Venezuela, Maria Corina Machado, has unveiled the fact that she handed her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a high-profile meeting in the White House as a token gesture of his support for the freedom fight in Venezuela. Talking to journalists after the meeting, Machado explained that this gesture was to demonstrate that Trump had made a special commitment to democratic change in her country.
This incident attracted the attention of the world not only due to the long-standing desire of Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but also because of the changing American position on the political future of Venezuela. As Machado has been the global supporter of the anti-Maduro regime, Trump recently hinted at talking with other power bases in Caracas, which has left Washington in the dark on the next step.
Politician/Activist & LOP MACHADO received NOBEL PEACE PRIZE last year .
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MADURO was arrested by the US DELTA FORCE after a special force operation .
MACHADO presents her NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO TRUMP
TRUMP accepts it saying “MARIA PRESENTED ME WITH HER NOBEL PEQCE PRIZE FOR… pic.twitter.com/iThfeZS8As
The Nobel Institute has made it clear that the prize per se is not transferable and made it clear that the act is rather symbolic, though it gave a dramatic twist to an already sensitive episode in the history of diplomacy.
