Trump Nobel Peace Prize snub angers White House; Machado praises him
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is leading a demonstration this Friday against the reinstatement of authoritarian President Maduro.
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The White House criticized the Nobel Committee on Friday after it refused to single out President Donald Trump for the organization’s lauded work. peace prize.
However, the actual winner of the award, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, said she dedicated the award to Trump in part for his support of efforts to promote democracy in her country.
Machado said in an X post that the goal of achieving freedom and democracy depends on Trump and other key allies.
“I dedicate this award to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his steadfast support of our cause!” he wrote.
Machado’s outcry came less than three hours after White House communications director Steven Cheung disparaged Trump, claiming that he “proved that the Nobel Committee puts politics above peace.”
Trump has said for years that he deserves the award, which has been given by the Norwegian Nobel Committee more than 100 times since 1901 to honor an individual’s work to promote peace.
He also openly criticized former President Barack Obama’s acceptance of the award in 2009.
“They gave it to Obama because he did nothing but destroy our country,” Trump said Thursday. he said.
In recent months, Trump has frequently said he ended seven wars. controversial with fact checkers.
After Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of the peace plan this week, Trump claimed, “This would be the eighth step.”
Some of Trump’s Republican allies defended him receiving the award. nomination deadline There are less than two weeks left in the current presidential term for the 2025 award.
