Nobel Institute shuts down talk of Venezuelan leader sharing Peace Prize with Trump

The enactment that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize rejected caller suggestions that Venezuelan absorption person María Corina Machado could springiness oregon stock her grant with President Donald Trump.

The Norwegian Nobel Institute unopen down the thought Friday, aft Machado suggested that she mightiness transportation the prestigious grant to Trump earlier this week.

"Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot beryllium revoked, shared, oregon transferred to others," the institute said successful a statement. "The determination is last and stands for each time."

The connection comes aft Machado floated the thought during an quality Tuesday connected Fox News' "Hannity."

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves astatine the Grand Hotel successful Oslo, Norway, aboriginal Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

"Did you astatine immoderate constituent connection to springiness him the Nobel Peace Prize?" Sean Hannity asked. "Did that really happen?"

Machado responded, "Well, it hasn’t happened yet."

"I surely would emotion to beryllium capable to personally archer him that we judge — the Venezuelan people, due to the fact that this is simply a prize of the Venezuelan radical — surely privation to springiness it to him and stock it with him," Machado continued. "What helium has done is historic. It’s a immense measurement towards a antiauthoritarian transition."

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Nobel officials said the Peace Prize cannot beryllium shared aft Machado suggested honoring Trump. (REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno and Win McNamee/Getty Images)

On Jan. 3, Trump announced that the U.S. had successfully completed an cognition to seizure authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is present facing cause trafficking charges successful New York.

Trump was asked during an quality Thursday connected "Hannity" whether helium would judge the Nobel Prize from Machado.

"I've heard that she wants to bash that," Trump responded. "That would beryllium a large honor."

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Opposition person Maria Corina Machado gestures during an anti-government protestation connected January 9, 2025 successful Caracas, Venezuela (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

Machado secretly escaped Venezuela past period and traveled to Norway to person the Nobel Peace Prize, which she dedicated to Trump.

"Let maine beryllium precise clear. As soon arsenic I learned that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I dedicated it to President Trump due to the fact that I believed astatine that constituent that helium deserved it," Machado said connected "Hannity." "And a batch of people, astir people, said it was intolerable to execute what helium has conscionable done connected Saturday, January 3rd."

Trump said helium plans to conscionable with the Venezuelan absorption person successful Washington adjacent week.

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He has antecedently stated that Machado "doesn't person the enactment wrong oregon the respect wrong the country" to lead. Trump has supported acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime Maduro loyalist, who antecedently served arsenic vice president nether Maduro.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this report.