Trump Has Machado’s Nobel Prize, but Neither Got What They Really Wanted
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Since taking office in 2017, President Trump has expressed a strong desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize and has criticized President Obama’s 2009 award for strengthening international diplomacy.
- In a recent interview, Trump dismissed Obama’s Nobel win, claiming Obama “didn’t even know why he got it” and boasting about stopping “eight wars” during his own tenure.
- On Thursday, Trump took possession of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which was actually awarded to María Corina Machado, who handed it over to him framed in gold.
- The event highlighted Trump’s need for recognition as a peacemaker despite his record of military strikes, and also reflected Machado’s political strategy after her party’s 2024
