Machado Wants Nobel Peace Prize for Trump, Committee Responds

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado recently sparked international attention by suggesting that she would like to award her Nobel Peace Prize to former U.S. President Donald Trump. In response, the Norwegian Nobel Committee issued a clear statement emphasising that Nobel Prizes cannot be shared, revoked, or transferred to another individual. Once awarded, the committee confirmed, the prize decision remains final and permanent.

According to reports from NDTV, Trump commented on the matter, revealing that Machado is scheduled to visit the United States next week. During her visit, she intends to discuss her unusual proposal directly with him. The announcement comes at a time of heightened tension in U.S.–Venezuela relations, following the U.S. arrest of former President Nicolás Maduro and Washington’s subsequent claims over Venezuela’s substantial oil reserves.

Trump stated, “I understand she wants to come, which is a very positive thing. As far as I know, this is the reason for her visit.”

Despite being implicated in multiple allegations, including conspiracies linked to drug trafficking, Machado did not assume Venezuela’s highest office. Instead, the country’s Vice President, Delcy Rodríguez, succeeded Maduro.

Trump has repeatedly touted his own candidacy for a Nobel Peace Prize. He claims that during the first eight months of his second term, he successfully ended eight major conflicts, each of which, he argues, would have merited a separate Nobel award. “These were enormous wars—wars no one believed could be ended,” Trump remarked.

He also criticised former President Barack Obama for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize shortly after taking office in 2009, suggesting that Obama “did practically nothing” to deserve it.

Regarding Machado’s upcoming U.S. visit, Trump said, “She will come to Washington next week to honour our country. Actually, to honour me. But I am merely the representative of the country—nothing more.”

The situation highlights the unusual intersection of personal ambitions, international diplomacy, and the symbolic prestige of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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