Trump says he will meet Machado — and would accept Nobel Peace Prize from her
Nobel officials said Friday that the prize may not be shared or transferred.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:48 p.m. EST yesterday at 2:48 p.m. EST
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
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Maham Javaid
President Donald Trump said he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize if this year’s prize winner, María Corina Machado, offered it to him when she meets with him next week, but Nobel officials quickly announced Friday that the prize may not be shared or transferred.
“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday. “The decision is final and stands for all time.” ...
Two people close to the White House previously told The Post that Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the Peace Prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one of the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.
Machado told Hannity she believed that if elections were held, she would win the presidency in a landslide.
John Hudson contributed to this report.
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