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Posted on 01/16/2026 12:54:23 AM PST by nickcarraway
Trump confirmed later on social media that Machado had left the medal for him to keep, and he said it was an honour to meet her.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump at the White House and discussed her country’s future with the US leader, even as he has questioned her credibility to lead her country.
Machado's extraordinary gesture to Trump, which the Nobel Institute has said can not be done, followed a rapidly evolving series of developments in Venezuela after an audacious US military raid captured then-President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and brought them to New York to stand trial on drug trafficking charges two weeks ago.
During the visit, Machado gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal "as a recognition for his unique commitment to our freedom," she told reporters outside the US Capitol on Thursday.
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Right.
Regards,
They’ll probably say he already has one as an excuse.
Of course you can sell or give away the medal. That does not, of course, make the buyer or giftee a Nobel Prize recipient.That’s what the Nobel Committee said.
President Trump is on the right side in this.
“Of course you can sell or give away the medal. That does not, of course, make the buyer or giftee a Nobel Prize recipient.That’s what the Nobel Committee said.”
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Yes.
If my father earned a Purple Heart in WWII and chose to give it to me, he could do so legally and without any issue. I would appreciate the gesture. However, the U.S. government would not recognize me as the award’s recipient. As a result, I would not be entitled to the official honors or benefits associated with it.
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