US EditionUS President Trump Congratulates Machado on the Nobel Peace Prize
- On Friday, US President Donald Trump said Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado called him and said she accepted the award in his honour during their Oval Office call.
- White House officials criticised the Norwegian Nobel Committee for choosing Machado over US President Donald Trump, accusing it of prioritising politics despite Trump lobbying earlier this year and nominations closing on January 31.
- Machado publicly dedicated the prize on Friday to Venezuelans and President Trump for his decisive support, and Magalli Meda confirmed to the Associated Press that Trump congratulated her by phone.
- International figures weighed in as Richard Grenell declared the 'Nobel Prize died years ago,' and Putin criticized the Nobel Committee's choices, while Steven Cheung defended Trump’s peace efforts.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s prize to Maria Corina Machado for promoting democratic rights and peaceful transition amid repression, with nominations from Marco Rubio and other US lawmakers.
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Donald Trump has spoken to the laureate who snubbed him for the Peace Prize. According to the president, María Corina Machado was filled with gratitude towards him. – “I accept this in your name, because you really deserved it,” Trump quotes her words, according to CNN.
US President Donald Trump has spoken with Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado after his administration denounced the committee's decision to award the prize. Trump has not kept his desire to win the prize a secret. An ever-growing number of world leaders have also said he must win it. Those calls were added as his Gaza peace plan gained momentum in recent days. However, the nomination deadline closes at the end of January of the year, …
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