Trump Accepts Machado’s 2025 Nobel Medal in Oval Office but Is Not a Laureate

President Trump accepted the framed 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in the Oval Office on Thursday, a symbolic transfer that left the medal at the White House after Ms. Machado departed. The meeting came amid Mr. Trump’s long-standing fixation on the Nobel Prize and his public criticism of President Barack Obama’s 2009 award; Mr.

Trump has repeatedly recited a list of conflicts he says he stopped. The White House posted a photo of Mr. Trump holding the oversized frame, and Mr. Trump wrote on social media, "Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done." Norwegian Nobel Institute director Kristian Berg Harpviken warned that "receiving the symbols of the Peace Prize does not make anyone a Peace Prize laureate," and the medal’s transfer does not change the Nobel committee’s records.

The event also unfolded against complex Venezuela politics: Ms. Machado’s party won the 2024 presidential election but, the article says, has been barred by Mr. Trump from governing the nation after the capture of Nicolás Maduro, and the C.I.A. director was reported to be in Caracas meeting Delcy Rodríguez as the Oval Office visit took place.

Ms. Machado has said she is "playing the long game" and expressed confidence in U.S. support for Venezuelan democracy, while the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Mr.

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Politics, Donald Trump, Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize, Norwegian Nobel Institute, Venezuela