UPDATE: STATEMENT FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE COMMITTEE ON MARIA CORINA MACHADO'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE & Nobel Foundation Speaks Out After Machado Gifts Trump Peace Prize 18JAN26

 

SHE will be forever known as whore of Venezuela who was one of donald j drumpf's / trump's favorite ass lickers. She has shamed the people of Venezuela and embarrassed the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.  NOT MY pres drumpf / trump just continues his self destructive narcissistic, psychotic, sociopathic journey with as many of the magat cult and "christian nationalist" and the gop / guardians of pedophiles & sexual predators-republicans as he can deceive and manipulate into following him. Article from Newsweek.....

Nobel Foundation Speaks Out After Machado Gifts Trump Peace Prize

The Nobel Foundation, the group responsible for administrating the various Nobel prizes, on Sunday issued a clarification around the rules for handing out the prizes after Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado offered her peace prize to President Donald Trump, which he accepted.

"The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations," the foundation wrote in a statement posted to X on Sunday. "It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who 'have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,' and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize."

"A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed," the foundation stressed.

Newsweek reached out to the White House by email outside of normal business hours on Sunday morning for comment.

Why It Matters

The saga surrounding Trump's desire for the Nobel Peace Prize has carried on throughout both his administrations, stemming from the fact that President Barack Obama received the award in 2009, just one year into his first administration.

Trump made a renewed push for the prize during his second term with an emphasis on ending international conflicts. By the end of the first year of his second term, he claimed to have enacted eight peace deals to end conflicts in various regions, including conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, India and Pakistan, Thailand and Cambodia, and Israel and Hamas.

However, some of the nations involved in those deals dispute the degree to which Trump was actually involved, and the deal between Thailand and Cambodia collapsed, forcing Trump to pursue a second deal just six weeks after they had signed the first deal he put together.

Ultimately, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize went to Machado for her role in seeking to advance democracy in Venezuela.

What To Know

Following the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the question as to who would replace him remained open, with the administration supporting the Interim President Delcy Rodriguez while engaging with Machado in her bid to oust Maduro's regime and install a democratically elected government free of the suspicion and doubt that surrounded Maduro's most recent electoral victory.

However, Trump has said that he does not believe Machado has the support of the Venezuelan people to effectively take over as leader of the country, despite overwhelmingly winning the primary to face Maduro in an election in 2024 as the candidate for the Vente Venezuela party. The Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice ultimately disqualified her from running for president, much to the outcry of several world and regional leaders.

During her visit to the White House last week, Machado offered Trump her Nobel prize, which he accepted. Some analysts believed she made the offer in an attempt to bring the president around to supporting her bid to lead Venezuela.

The Nobel Peace Center issued a statement following the exchange between Machado and Trump, stressing in a post on X that the Peace Prize is not designed to be transferred.

"One truth remains," the committee wrote, in part. "As the Norwegian Nobel Committee states: 'Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time.' A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot."

The Nobel Foundation followed on Sunday, saying that "one of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration" before also stressing that the prize cannot be transferred, even symbolically.

"A laureate cannot share the prize with others, nor transfer it once it has been announced. A Nobel Peace Prize can also never be revoked. The decision is final and applies for all time," the Nobel Norwegian Committee, the body responsible for handing out the Peace Prize, said in a statement posted on its website.

It added: "The Committee does not comment on laureates’ subsequent statements, decisions, or actions. Any ongoing assessments or choices made by laureates must be understood as their own responsibility. There are no restrictions in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation on what a laureate may do with the medal, the diploma, or the prize money. This means that a laureate is free to keep, give away, sell, or donate these items."

What People Are Saying

President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social last week: "It was my Great Honor to meet María Corina Machado, of Venezuela, today. She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much. María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!"

The White House in a post on X last week: "President Donald J. Trump meets with María Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor."

Commentator Brian Krassenstein wrote on X on Sunday: "The Nobel Foundation just clarified things further… In other words Trump trading the prize from Machado doesn’t count. He will still never have a Nobel Peace prize. Cry some more MAGA."

Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman in a post on X earlier this month: "Trump’s obsession with getting the Nobel Peace Prize reflects a broader Maga phenomenon - craving for acceptance and praise from a 'liberal' establishment they claim to despise."

UPDATE: A Tale of Two Meetings: Trump Chooses Oil Over Democracy 16JAN26

 VENEZUELAN acting pres delcy rodriguez and the winner of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential elections maria corina machado are competing for the title of lowest class of Venezuelan whore to sell out themselves and their nation. Their groveling to the drumpf / trump-vance administration and their blatant drumpf / trump, vance and rubio ass licking is disgusting, their fellow Venezuelans should be ashamed. From the New York Times.....

A Tale of Two Meetings: Trump Chooses Oil Over Democracy

Two conversations this week confirmed that President Trump backs the remnants of Nicolás Maduro’s regime over the Venezuelan opposition seeking to hold elections.

By Jack Nicas

Jack Nicas is a lead correspondent in Latin America.

Jan. 16, 2026, 3:02 a.m. ET

One has U.S. sanctions imposed on her for undermining democracy. The other just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Both want to lead Venezuela.

President Trump made clear this week which one he preferred.

Delcy Rodríguez — the sanctioned vice president of the ousted autocrat Nicolás Maduro — is “a terrific person” with whom “we’re getting along very well,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday after what he described as a “great conversation” with Ms. Rodríguez, whom he has backed as Venezuela’s interim president.

A day later, he had lunch with María Corina Machado — leader of the Venezuelan opposition — and took the medal she was awarded for the Nobel Peace Prize, which he had repeatedly said he deserved.

During their meeting, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told reporters that “based on realities on the ground,” Mr. Trump believed Ms. Machado lacked the respect and support to be Venezuela’s leader. That echoed his previous comments, despite signs of Ms. Machado’s broad approval in Venezuela.

As for Ms. Rodríguez? She has “been extremely cooperative” and agreed to share Venezuela’s oil with the United States, Ms. Leavitt said, so “the president likes what he’s seeing and will expect that cooperation to continue.”

Mr. Trump’s now-clear endorsement of a Maduro loyalist over a crusader for democracy supports the notion that his goal in Venezuela appears to be first about creating a stable, allied source of oil — and then maybe, if and when the time comes, a democratic transition.

“He is also committed to hopefully seeing elections in Venezuela one day,” Ms. Leavitt said Thursday. “But I don’t have an updated timetable for you today.”

Ms. Machado said the time was now. “I told him we’re ready to move forward quickly and effectively toward a transition to democracy,” she said on Thursday in a 1,000-word news release about her visit to Washington. She added that she had told Mr. Trump about human-rights abuses committed under Mr. Maduro and Ms. Rodríguez.

Mr. Trump’s 48-word social media post about the meeting thanked Ms. Machado for giving him “her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done.” He added it was “such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”

(The Nobel Institute again shared a public reminder on Thursday that the 7-ounce gold medal “can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.”)

Ms. Machado later told Fox News that she had given Mr. Trump the medal on behalf of the Venezuelan people “because he deserves it.”

Around the same time, in Venezuela, Ms. Rodríguez was delivering her first State of the Union address — and skewering the United States.

“There is a stain on our relations,” she told the National Assembly. “They crossed the red line.”

“We know they are a lethal nuclear power,” she added. “We’ve seen their record over the history of humanity, and we’re not afraid to confront them diplomatically.”

She also appeared to be referring to Ms. Machado when she made a swipe at opposition figures “who competed to see who could grovel the most,” while saying that if she had to go to Washington, “I will do so standing tall.”

The language fit with years of attacks against the United States by Mr. Maduro and his government. Watching only Venezuelan state television in recent days could make one think that Ms. Rodríguez was bent on confronting Mr. Trump. But in the background, there have been clear signs of cooperation.

Ms. Rodríguez’s government has been opening up Venezuela’s oil to U.S. interests, released more than 80 political prisoners and began exploring the reopening of its embassy in Washington.

“They have thus far met all of the demands,” Ms. Leavitt said Thursday.

At the same time, hundreds of political dissidents remain imprisoned, and Venezuelans report increased repression in the country, including armed men at checkpoints who search residents’ phones for signs of opposition.

Before Mr. Maduro’s capture, some White House officials, as well as a C.I.A. analysis, argued that Ms. Machado and her allies would struggle to consolidate control of Venezuela if installed as its leaders. Ms. Rodríguez, they argued, represented the most stable near-term option.

Last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio described a threefold plan for Venezuela. “Step one is the stabilization of the country,” he said. “We don’t want it descending into chaos.” The next steps involved securing Venezuela’s oil, followed by amnesty for the opposition. “Some of this will overlap,” he said.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly discussed Venezuela’s oil — and has hardly ever mentioned a democratic transition. On Wednesday, in a post about his call with Ms. Rodríguez, he said they had discussed “Oil, Minerals, Trade and, of course, National Security.”

“We will rebuild it in a very profitable way,” he told The New York Times last week, after saying that he envisioned the United States controlling Venezuela for “much longer” than a year. “And we’re going to be taking oil.”

When asked about elections, he repeatedly deflected. “I love democracy,” he said at one point. “I’m a big fan.”

Jack Nicas is The Times’s Mexico City bureau chief, leading coverage of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.

More on the U.S. Involvement in Venezuela

On January 3, the U.S. military seized Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife in a strike on Caracas, the culmination of a campaign to oust Maduro from power.

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• Cuban Citizens: Cuban national television broadcasted the return of the remains of 32 of its citizens, who were killed during the operation to capture the ousted Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Maduro had expanded the role of Cuban bodyguards in his personal security detail and placed additional Cuban counterintelligence agents in Venezuela’s military.

• Trump’s Military Power: The Senate blocked a resolution that sought to force President Trump to seek congressional approval for any U.S. military action related to Venezuela, with G.O.P. leaders succeeding in their pressure on fellow senators who initially supported the measure.

• Judge in Maduro Case: Judge Alvin Hellerstein, 92, was previously seen drifting in and out of sleep in court. The case of Maduro will test his stamina.

• Maduro’s Enforcer: Venezuela’s interior minister is accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking and is linked to repression at home, yet remains a powerful figure in Venezuela.

• María Corina Machado Presents Trump With Her Nobel: The Venezuelan opposition leader’s efforts to share the Nobel Peace Prize with Trump have shaken some Norwegians’ faith in their signature soft-power tool.

• Political Prisoners: The United States announced that several Americans had been freed from Venezuelan jails, including a 28-year-old New Yorker who had been on an extended trip through South America after the death of his parents, his aunt said. Meanwhile, hundreds of Venezuelan families are hoping their imprisoned loved ones will be freed by their government, which has said little about who would be released or when.

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GOV GAVIN NEWSOM D-CA RECEIVES THE KENNEDY CENTER INAUGURAL PEACE PRIZE FROM NOT MY PRES DRUMPF / TRUMP 7DEZ25

 

Gov Gavin Newsom

FIFA pres fascist fotze trunt gianni infantino, boosting his bromance with drumpf / trump gives him a "peace prize" in a departure from its traditional focus on sport 5DEZ25

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself & VIDEO: drumpf / trump for Nobel Peace Prize at White House Cabinet meeting 3DEZ & 27AUG25

DRUMPF TRUMP STILL ELIGIBLE FOR NOBEL PRIZE

DRUMPF'S / TRUMP'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE & SLAVERY

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE SELECTION COMMITTEE

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself & VIDEO: drumpf / trump for Nobel Peace Prize at White House Cabinet meeting 3DEZ & 27AUG25

NOT MY pres drumpf's / trump's narcissism has reached a new low with the the renaming the U.S. Institute of Peace for himself while committing war crimes in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean by striking Venezuelan and Colombian boats, killing their crews, while providing no evidence they are smuggling drugs to the U.S. There is nothing peaceful about the U.S. Military deployment off the coast of Venezuela. He has not fulfilled his campaign promise to end the Russian war against Ukraine ( was supposed to end on the day drumpf / trump was sworn in ), the Israel-Gaza ceasefire is falling apart due to Israeli violations as well as failure to complete negotiations, Israel has never even pretended it would honor the Israeli-Lebanese ( Hezbollah ) ceasefire. drumpf / trump had nothing to do with ending the latest Pakistani-Indian conflict in spite of his claims he did. His xenophobic rhetoric against poor brown and black nations and ethnic groups do not promote peace. He has been running a massive, self serving propaganda campaign to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and was so mad he did not get it in 2025 that he refused to congratulate the person who did. Whoever at the White House referred to the U.S. Institute of Peace as a "bloated, useless entity" must have been looking at drumpf / trump when they came up with that description! He is as interested in peace as satan is. Fortunately it is inconceivable that the Nobel Committee would ever give drumpf / trump the Peace Prize just because he says he deserves it. He is disgusting and pathetic and we can not be rid of him from the White House soon enough. This from the New York Times and the Washington Post.....

PICTURE AND VIDEO OF "SPECIAL ENVOY" STEVE WITKOFF AT DRUMPF / TRUMP-VANCE CABINET MEETING DISCUSSING THE NOBEL PRIZE

Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself

Workers installed the president’s name on the Washington institute, thrusting it back into the spotlight as it is set to host the signing of a peace deal between Rwanda and Congo.

By Aishvarya Kavi

Aishvarya Kavi reported from the scene in Washington in March when Trump administration officials seized the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters.

Published Dec. 3, 2025Updated Dec. 4, 2025, 12:17 a.m. ET

A dormant government building in the nation’s capital may seem like an unlikely setting for the signing of a peace deal. But nearly nine months after the Trump administration seized control of the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters in an extraordinary public showdown and all but shuttered it, the center has re-emerged, newly named for President Trump.

The morning before Mr. Trump was scheduled to host a signing ceremony at the institute with the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, workers arrived at the building on the National Mall to install Mr. Trump’s name in large, silver letters to two sides of the exterior of the building, positioning his name to the left of where the institute’s name was already engraved into the facade.

The result was a re-dubbing of the building as the “Donald J. Trump United States Institute of Peace.”

The White House confirmed on Wednesday evening that the institute had been renamed for the president “as a powerful reminder of what strong leadership can accomplish for global stability,” Anna Kelly, a spokeswoman, said.

“Congratulations, world!” she added.

Renaming the decades-old institute, which had been heralded by presidents like Ronald Reagan, who signed it into law, and adhering his name to its facade appears to be a continuation of Mr. Trump’s effort to portray himself as a great diplomatic deal-maker as he campaigns for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Over the past year, Mr. Trump claimed credit for ending a host of conflicts, including the three-decade war between Rwanda and Congo. The White House has previously asserted that his work on diplomacy is more impressive than that of the Institute of Peace, which the White House has called a “bloated, useless entity.”

Nevertheless, the move has once again thrust the fierce battle over the institute into the spotlight.

The headquarters has sat vacant since the administration seized control of the building in March as part of a broader effort by the Department of Government Efficiency, formerly led by Elon Musk, to dismantle institutions that work on foreign policy. In the weeks after the building was seized, the administration fired most of the staff and gutted the organization. It even dismantled a fixture inside with the institute’s name and logo, a depiction of a dove and an olive branch.

George Foote, a former lawyer for the institute who is now part of the lawsuit against the administration, said in a statement on Wednesday that “renaming the U.S.I.P. building adds insult to injury.”

The 150,000 square-foot building is a central part of the lawsuit. The institute was created by Congress and received federal money for its programs, but former staff have argued that it is not part of the executive branch and therefore not subject to the president’s authority.

The prominent glass-roofed building, designed as a national symbol of peace, was built in 2012. It was paid for by a mix of private and federal funds, and it sits on land owned by the Navy, which transferred jurisdiction to the institute more than two decades ago.

A person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to speak publicly said that the administration had rehired some staff in advance of Thursday’s event.

After the institute’s former staff sued, it temporarily regained control of the building in May, after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s takeover was a “gross usurpation of power,” and restored both the building and the fired leadership.

But after the administration appealed that decision, a higher court returned the building to the executive branch while it considers the case. The institute’s current head, a senior State Department official who was fired from a White House post during the first Trump administration, has not publicly laid out any plans for the organization or the building.

Last month, the court turned down a last-ditch request from the institute’s former staff to regain control of the building. But former staffers, many of whom are independently continuing the institute’s international work, said that they planned to protest what they called the theft of the building on Thursday, during the signing ceremony that will be hosted by Mr. Trump.

The decision by the appeals court on the fate of the institute and the building is not expected until next year.

“The rightful owners will ultimately prevail,” Mr. Foote said on Wednesday, “and will restore the U.S. Institute of Peace and the building to their statutory purposes.”

A correction was made on 

Dec. 4, 2025: 

An earlier version of this article misstated the source of funds to build the U.S. Institute of Peace headquarters. It was paid for by a mix of private and federal money, not just private funds.

Aishvarya Kavi works in the Washington bureau of The Times, helping to cover a variety of political and national news.