Maria Corina Machado gifts Trump Nobel Peace Prize during White House visit

Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado detailed how she donated her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump throughout an interview with ‘Fox & Mates’.

“He deserves it,” Machado advised FOX & Mates Weekend co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. “It was a really emotional second.”

Machado defined that she introduced the award to the president on behalf of the Venezuelan folks, honoring him for the historic work he did in liberating the nation from dictator Nicolás Maduro.

“[Venezuelans] “I actually respect what he has executed, not just for the liberty of the Venezuelan folks, however I might say for the whole hemisphere,” she stated.

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Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado waves a nationwide flag throughout an opposition protest on the eve of the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 9, 2025. (JUAN BARRETO/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

A longtime Maduro critic, Machado has been outspoken in her help of Trump’s unprecedented elimination of the disgraced Venezuelan chief, prompting her to award him the award for the historic seize.

Trump appeared happy and happy with Machado’s gesture.

“It was my nice honor to satisfy María Corina Machado from Venezuela as we speak,” Trump wrote in a Fact Social publish. “María introduced me together with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I’ve executed. What an exquisite gesture of mutual respect.”

Days in the past, Machado mentioned transferring the prize to Trump throughout an interview on “Hannity,” however the thought was rejected by the Norwegian Nobel Institute final Friday.

“As soon as a Nobel Prize has been introduced, it can’t be withdrawn, shared or transferred to others. The choice is last and everlasting,” the institute wrote in an announcement.

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Though the award can’t be formally transferred, Machado introduced it to Trump as an alternative.

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

President Trump has beforehand mentioned being thought-about for the Nobel Peace Prize.

On “Hannity,” Trump argued that he ought to obtain one award for each conflict he has ended.

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“You realize, in the event you plot eight wars, in principle you need to get one for every conflict,” he advised Fox Information.

Machado additionally talked about visiting the White Home and assembly with Trump on Thursday, virtually two weeks after america captured Maduro.

Performing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waves to supporters as he leaves after voting for late President Hugo Chavez’s successor in Caracas on April 14, 2013. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)

“It went rather well,” she stated. “I’m very grateful for the chance I needed to converse with President Trump, one thing I’ve been trying ahead to for a very long time.”

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“It was an enormous duty as a result of I did it on behalf of the Venezuelan folks,” she added.

Tune in to Fox Information on Friday to look at Machado’s full interview on “Fox & Mates.”