9 hours ago - ... Some critics argue that the Nobel Committee embarrassed Barack Obama by honoring him too early in his presidency, but the Norway-based awarding panel seems determined to keep Donald Trump away from the honor.

4 hours ago - The Nobel laureate gave her medal to Trump at the White House on Thursday “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. Several hours later, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel peace prize ...

7 hours ago - All this culminated on Thursday afternoon in a bizarre scene in a White House that has had its share of jaw-dropping events. The president took possession of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, which its true recipient, María Corina Machado, had turned ...

17 hours ago - We just decided to check the Nobel ... after we decided to stop being a total bitch and rubbing in that Barack Obama has won a Nobel and Donald Trump never will, we checked 2025:...

October 9, 2025 - Not only does Donald Trump deserve ... more. Four of his predecessors have won the prize. Barack Obama won seven months into his presidency essentially for not being George W....

15 hours ago - 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.'

16 hours ago - The White House later posted a photo of Trump and Machado, with the U.S. president holding up a large, gold-colored frame displaying the medal. A bust of Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) ...

Answer (1 of 102): I would hope the Nobel Award Committee has learned its lesson, and will never again designate an award sans any accomplishments whatsoever. The Nobel Peace Prize has forever been cheapened by giving Obama an award he so richly did not deserve. That being said, Trump has been i...

11 hours ago - It said the prize was acceptable because the gift wasn’t from a “King, Prince, or foreign State.” Obama did donate the $1.4 million cash prize to charity.) But Machado seems to have reasoned that presenting her medal to Trump could have ...

12 hours ago - Donald Trump Sends Venezuelan Opposition Leader Away with Trump-Branded Swag Bag After She Hands over Her Nobel Peace Prize · Donald Trump Says Barack Obama Got the Nobel Peace Prize for 'Doing Nothing'

October 4, 2025 - Many argued Obama had not been in office long enough to have an impact worthy of the Nobel. And Trump's own outspokenness about possibly winning the award might work against him: The committee won't want to be seen as caving in to political pressure, said Nina Græger, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Trump's prospects for the prize this year are "a long shot," she said.

20 hours ago - Donald Trump has officially been gifted the Nobel Peace Prize, despite pushback from the committee - and people can't help but compare the moment to when former POTUS Barack Obama received his own.

16 hours ago - WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday during a White House meeting, in a bid to influence his efforts to shape her country's ...

10 hours ago - Donald Trump has been gifted the Nobel peace prize medal by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. The gesture comes after Machado was unexpectedly sidelined by Trump when US forces abducted her political rival, Venezuela’s president, ...

October 10, 2025 - President Donald Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama for winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize shortly after taking office. Trump, who hoped to earn the honor this year, was passed over for a Venezuelan politician on Oct. 10

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