{"id":2542370,"date":"2026-01-18T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-foundation-says-peace-prize-cant-be-passed-on-after-trump-gifted-award-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:05:09","slug":"nobel-foundation-says-peace-prize-cant-be-passed-on-after-trump-gifted-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-foundation-says-peace-prize-cant-be-passed-on-after-trump-gifted-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Foundation says peace prize can&#8217;t be &#8216;passed on&#8217; after Trump gifted award"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnobel-foundation-says-peace-prize-cant-be-passed-on-after-trump-gifted-award-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2542370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Nobel Foundation reiterated that a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred or re-awarded after laureateship, responding to Venezuelan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">opposition leader<\/a> Mar\u00eda Corina Machado&#8217;s recent gesture of giving her 2025 Nobel medal to President Donald Trump. The foundation emphasized its role in safeguarding the prizes and Alfred Nobel&#8217;s will, noting that while a prize cannot be passed on, laureates are free to dispose of any prize money as they wish.<\/p>\n<p>Machado, who won the prize for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-belt-and-road-reaches-central-america\/\" title=\"China\u2019s Belt and Road Reaches Central America\">peaceful opposition<\/a> to Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, presented the medal to Trump during a meeting, citing a ancient precedent involving Gen. Lafayette and sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar. Trump praised her but also said she lacked broad respect within Venezuela. The visit was part of Machado&#8217;s effort to court U.S. support amid rivalry wiht acting Venezuelan president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez; Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >long shown interest<\/a> in receiving a Nobel Peace Prize himself.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nobel Foundation says peace prize can&rsquo;t be &lsquo;passed on&rsquo; after Machado gives Trump her award<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2475133\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nobel-prizes\/\">Nobel Foundation<\/a> reaffirmed that its peace prize can&rsquo;t be &ldquo;passed on&rdquo; after laureate Maria Corina Machado gave President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> her award.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued after Machado, Venezuela&rsquo;s opposition leader, met with Trump and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419912\/venezuela-opposition-leader-presents-trump-nobel-peace-prize\/\">gifted him her award<\/a>, the Nobel Foundation denounced the move without directly mentioning it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422914\/trump-tariff-european-countries-oppose-greenland-acquisition\/\">Trump announces new tariff on European countries that oppose Greenland acquisition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422285\/josh-shapiro-white-house-trip-electricity-prices-help-2026-2028\/\">Shapiro&#8217;s White House trip to talk electricity prices could help him in 2026 and 2028<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422336\/watchdog-group-interior-department-investigation-trump-organization-diversion-america250-funds\/\">Watchdog group requests Interior Department investigation into Trump org&#8217;s alleged diversion of America250 funds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/4423225\/michael-cohen-flips-again\/\">BYRON YORK: MICHAEL COHEN FLIPS &mdash; AGAIN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel&rsquo;s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who &lsquo;have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind,&rsquo; and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize,&rdquo; it wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed,&rdquo; the foundation added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Nobel Foundation had already <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419912\/venezuela-opposition-leader-presents-trump-nobel-peace-prize\/\">said as much<\/a> to the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;on Thursday after Machado&rsquo;s gift, stating that &ldquo;a Nobel Prize can neither be revoked nor transferred to others. Once the announcement of the laureate(s) has been made, the decision stands for all time. As for the prize money, the laureate(s) are free to dispose of it as they see fit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Machado won the award in 2025 for her role in peacefully opposing the regime of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, whom <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4400178\/trump-hails-success-of-fantastic-maduro-mission\/\">Trump captured on Jan. 3<\/a>. Trump remained cordial with Machado but surprised many when he said at a press conference the same day that she was a &ldquo;very nice woman, but she doesn&rsquo;t have the respect within the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it would be very tough for her to be the leader,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Machado has since mounted a charm offensive to try and win Trump over, as her rival, acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, does the same. Machado gifted Trump her Nobel Peace Prize during her meeting with the president on Thursday, justifying her move with the precedent of American Revolutionary War hero Gen. Marquis de Lafayette gifting a medal to Latin American hero Sim&oacute;n Bol&iacute;var.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I presented the president of the United States the medal &mdash; the Nobel Peace Prize,&rdquo; Machado told reporters Thursday afternoon. &ldquo;And I told him this, listen to this: &lsquo;Two hundred years ago, Gen. Lafayette gave Sim&oacute;n Bol&iacute;var a medal with George Washington&rsquo;s face on it. Bolivar, since then, kept that medal for the rest of his life. Actually, when you see his portraits, you can see the medal there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4422950\/spanberger-affordability-trump-immigration-inaugural-address\/\">SPANBERGER PREACHES AFFORDABILITY, RESISTANCE TO TRUMP IMMIGRATION AGENDA IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was given by Gen. Lafayette as a sign of the brotherhood between the United States and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;And 200 years in history, the people of Bolivar are giving back to the heir of Washington a medal, in this case a medal of Nobel Peace Prize, and the recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long expressed his desire to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, with 2025 marking his most significant push for the award following his mediation of several conflicts. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobel: Prize can&#8217;t be passed on after Machado gift<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2542371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donald-trump-maria-machado-collage-e1768768213173.jpg?1768750216&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[50101,32319,71340,58314,68318],"class_list":["post-2542370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-award-controversy","tag-donald-trump","tag-nobel-foundation","tag-nobel-prize","tag-peace-prize"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/donald-trump-maria-machado-collage-e1768768213173.jpg?1768750216&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542374,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542370\/revisions\/2542374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2542371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}