Norwegian Star Liv Ullmann Comments On Trump Nobel Peace Prize Gift
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Key Points:
- Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann expressed skepticism that U.S. President Donald Trump will retain a Nobel Peace Prize recently gifted to him by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
- Ullmann criticized the unexpected awarding of the prize, emphasizing that the Nobel Prize is traditionally given to deserving recipients and highlighted that misuse of the prize can lead to its revocation.
- The Nobel Peace Center clarified that the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred, signaling disapproval of Machado's unilateral gift to Trump.
- Ullmann made her remarks while receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the European Film Awards in Berlin, reflecting on the current global political climate as "strange and scary."
- Machado's presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to
