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Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal

Maria Corina Machado gave her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump to recognize his support for Venezuelan freedom, despite the Nobel Committee stating the prize is non-transferable.

  • On Thursday, Maria Corina Machado presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a closed-door lunch at the White House following private discussions.
  • After emerging from hiding last month, Maria Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, sought U.S. backing and asked Trump to `advocate for the release of all political prisoners`.
  • The White House said it did not immediately confirm if President Donald Trump accepted the medal, while Karoline Leavitt called Maria Corina Machado `a remarkable and brave voice` but said the meeting did not change the president's view.
  • After leaving the White House, Machado greeted and hugged dozens of supporters near the White House gates and told them `We can count on President Trump`; she later met with Capitol Hill senators.
  • The administration has also completed a $500 million oil sale and discussed $100 billion in investments, while U.S. forces seized the sanctioned tanker Veronica to control Venezuela's oil sector.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday presented her gold medal, which is associated with the Nobel Peace Prize, to US President Donald Trump. It is a beautiful gesture of mutual respect, Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social. However, the Norwegian Nobel Institute and the Nobel Committee have warned that the award cannot be transferred to another person, shared with them, or taken away from anyone.

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In a symbolic step, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado handed over her Nobel Peace Prize medal to the US President. However, Trump's opinion on who to lead Venezuela did not seem to have changed anything.

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The leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Maria Corina Machado, gave Donald Trump the Nobel Peace Prize medal during their meeting with the White House. The US President, who wanted it very much, accepted it.

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Just the News broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
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