Nobel committee shuts down speak of sharing Peace Prize with Trump

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The group that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize rejected latest strategies that Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado may give or share her award with President Donald Trump .

The Norwegian Nobel Institute shut down the thought Friday, after Machado steered that she would possibly switch the distinguished award to Trump earlier this week.

"As soon as a Nobel Prize is introduced, it can't be revoked, shared, or transferred to others," the institute stated in a press release. "The choice is ultimate and stands all the time."

The assertion comes after Machado floated the thought throughout an look Tuesday on Fox Information' "Hannity."

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves on the Grand Lodge in Oslo, Norway, early Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix through AP)

"Did you at any level supply to present him the Nobel Peace Prize?" Sean Hannity requested. "Did that really occur?"

Machado responded, "Nicely, it hasn’t occurred but."

"I definitely would love to have the ability to personally inform him that we imagine — the Venezuelan folks, as a result of it is a prize of the Venezuelan folks — definitely wish to give it to him and share it with him," Machado continued. "What he has achieved is historic. It’s an enormous step in the direction of a democratic transition."

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Nobel officers stated the Peace Prize can't be shared after Machado steered honoring Trump. (REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno and Win McNamee/Getty Photos)

On Jan. 3, Trump introduced that the U.S. had efficiently accomplished an operation to capture authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , who's now dealing with drug trafficking costs in New York.

Trump was requested throughout an look Thursday on "Hannity" whether or not he would settle for the Nobel Prize from Machado.

"I've heard that she desires to do this," Trump responded. "That may be an important honor."

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Opposition chief Maria Corina Machado gestures throughout an anti-government protest on January 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela (Jesus Vargas/Getty Photos)

Machado secretly escaped Venezuela final month and traveled to Norway to obtain the Nobel Peace Prize, which she devoted to Trump.

"Let me be very clear. As quickly as I discovered that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I devoted it to President Trump as a result of I believed at that time that he deserved it," Machado stated on "Hannity." "And lots of people, most individuals, stated it was unattainable to realize what he has simply achieved on Saturday, January third."

Trump stated he plans to meet with the Venezuelan opposition chief in Washington subsequent week.

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He has beforehand said that Machado "does not have the assist inside or the respect throughout the nation" to guide. Trump has supported acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime Maduro loyalist, who beforehand served as vice chairman beneath Maduro.