U.S. President Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado within the Oval Workplace, throughout which she introduced the president together with her Nobel Peace Prize in Washington D.C, Thursday. The White Home through Reuters-Yonhap
OSLO — The Nobel Peace Prize stays inseparably linked to the individual or organisation designated because the laureate, the Norwegian Nobel Committee mentioned on Friday, in the future after final yr’s winner gave a part of her award to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The 2025 laureate, Venezuelan opposition chief Maria Corina Machado, on Thursday gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump, who thanked her for it.
The White Home posted a photograph of Trump and Machado with the president holding up a big, gold-coloured body displaying the medal, and a White Home official confirmed that the president intends to hold it.
Along with the gold medal, Machado’s award additionally consisted of a diploma and 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.19 million).
“No matter what could occur to the medal, the diploma, or the prize cash, it’s and stays the unique laureate who’s recorded in historical past because the recipient of the prize,” the award physique mentioned in an announcement.
“There aren’t any restrictions within the statutes of the Nobel Basis on what a laureate could do with the medal, the diploma, or the prize cash. Which means that a laureate is free to maintain, give away, promote, or donate these things,” it added. ($1 = 9.2362 Swedish crowns)
