Overview
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee and Foundation stated the Peace Prize remains inseparable from the laureate, even if the medal or diploma changes hands.
- Laureates may keep, gift, sell or donate the physical medal and diploma, but these actions do not alter the official record of the winner.
- President Trump hailed receiving María Corina Machado’s framed medal on Truth Social, and White House sources said he intends to keep it.
- Legal and political questions in the United States focus on whether the medal counts as a personal gift or should fall under emoluments and archival custody rules.
- The White House did not offer explicit backing for Machado’s leadership bid in Venezuela, while Norwegian figures publicly condemned the gesture as disrespectful to the prize.