US President Donald Trump will keep the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado after she presented it to him during their meeting, a White House official has said. Machado gave the prize to Trump as a gesture of mutual respect. According to a well-informed source, Machado left the prize at the White House, and it is now in the president's possession. Trump had long sought to win this award, but the awarding committee had clarified that it is non-transferable. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote: "I had the great honor of meeting Maria Corina Machado from Venezuela." In her post on the X platform (formerly Twitter), Machado stated: "The prize can be transferred from one owner to another, but the title of Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot be changed." She noted that she awarded her the prize in recognition of the work she has done.
