Nobel Peace Prize winner hands over her award to Donald Trump – and people are furious
In December 2025, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” the Norwegian Nobel
Committee writes.
President Donald Trump had spent much of the year openly campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize. He frequently touted his role in ending global conflicts and said he deserved recognition for, in his words, “stopping eight wars.”
Support from Netanyahu and Putin
Trump, who had vocally campaigned for the honor throughout 2025 and was nominated by several world leaders – including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – was visibly sidelined by the committee that selects Nobel laureates each year.