Overview
- The Foundation issued a rare clarification that a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be shared, transferred, or revoked, calling the decision final for all time.
- Officials added that laureates are free to give away, sell, or donate the physical medal, diploma, or prize money without affecting who is recorded as the winner.
- María Corina Machado said she presented her 2025 medal to President Donald Trump at a White House meeting, and Trump posted that he accepted the gesture.
- Norwegian Nobel Institute Director Kristian Berg Harpviken noted that receiving the prize’s symbols does not make anyone a Peace Prize laureate.
- Opinion coverage criticized the presentation as politicizing the award and raised unresolved questions about Machado’s motivations, which remain unconfirmed.