Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump Over Secondhand Prize
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- President Trump claimed Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gave him her Nobel Peace Prize, praising him for ending eight wars and alleging the 2020 election was stolen from him, remarks highlighted humorously by Seth Meyers.
- The Nobel committee clarified that the Nobel Peace Prize remains with the original winner regardless of any transfer of the medal or prize money, a point Jimmy Fallon joked Trump seemed unaware of.
- Comedians Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon mocked Trump for accepting a "secondhand" Nobel Peace Prize and for making exaggerated claims about geopolitical moves, including attempting to take over Greenland and Venezuela for reasons tied to awards he did not receive.
- Trump threatened new tariffs on European nations unless they relinquish Greenland, prompting an emergency
