The Nobel committee sent a pointed message reiterating that its prizes 'cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others' in the wake of Maria Corina Machado gifting hers to Donald Trump. The president posed for a photo in the Oval Office smiling widely as he held the prize and stood next to Machado, the leader of Venezuela's opposition party.
Machado told reporters in Capitol Hill on Thursday afternoon that she had given Trump her medal, which she won last year due to her commitment to turning Venezuela into a democracy. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee posted a lengthy tweet Thursday that noted while many prizes 'have been passed on' after the winner's death, they cannot be gifted.
'A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot.' They repeated the official ruling they published last week: 'But one truth remains. 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.'
Machado didn't listen, recalling to reporters how a medal commissioned for President George Washington was presented to the family of French military officer Marquis de Lafayette, who had helped the Americans win the Revolution. 'I presented the president of the United States, the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,' she said.
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