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The Internet Is Feeling VERRRRRY Weird After Learning Who The Only Other Person Gifted A Nobel Prize Was Besides Trump

Last week the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado He gave his medal as a gift President Donald Trump at the meeting at the White House, saying it was “a recognition of his devotion to the freedom of the country.”

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President Trump has long coveted the Nobel Peace Prize. saying In February 2025, he said, “They will never give me the Nobel Peace Prize. That’s too bad. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me.” He also mentioned this recently letter He told Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre: “Your country has decided not to award me the Nobel Peace Prize for stopping 8 Wars PLUS.”

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However, although the president holds a Nobel Peace Prize medal, the Norwegian Nobel Committee notes that“No matter what happens to the medal… The person who receives the award in history is and will remain the real award recipient. Even if the medal or diploma later falls into the hands of someone else, this does not change who received the Nobel Peace Prize.”

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Many awards were given sold or donated They include James Watson’s 1962 Medicine Prize (sold to fund research, but later returned to him), Leon Lederman’s 1988 Physics Prize (sold to cover medical bills), and Kofi Annan’s 2001 Peace Prize (donated to the United Nations Office in Geneva, on display here).

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But the first (and other) buyer talented The medal was from 1943 and he was none other than the Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany. Joseph Goebbels. according to New York Times, Knut HamsunThe 1920 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, who “often professed his admiration for Hitler,” sent it to him by post.

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee gave more detailed information, attract attention Hamsun “…met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent the Nobel medal to Goebbels as a token of gratitude for the meeting. Goebbels was honored with this gift. The current whereabouts of the medal are unknown.”

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On X (formerly Twitter), people were in complete shock after realizing this fact. “I couldn’t even believe it until I read it man,” one person said.

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“WHO?”

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“Dear sir.”

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And finally, this person summarized everything:

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