Trump Handed Fresh Humiliation After Stealing Nobel Prize
The Daily Beast • • nation
Key Points:
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee clarified that the Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred or revoked, emphasizing that the honor remains with the official laureate despite any physical transfer of the medal or diploma.
- Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, presented her medal to President Donald Trump as a personal symbol of gratitude for his actions toward securing a free Venezuela, though Trump was never an official laureate.
- The committee reiterated that while recipients may sell, lend, or give away their medals, such actions do not change the historical record of who was awarded the prize, and the decision by the committee is final.
- Machado stated she gave the medal to Trump because he "deserves it," but sources suggest political dynamics
