President Donald Trump meets with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize, on Jan. 15, 2026. Daniel Torok/The White House/Handout via Reuters
The Nobel Foundation reiterated on Sunday that its prestigious Nobel Peace Prize cannot be passed on to another person, after a Venezuelan opposition leader gifted the prize that she won to President Donald Trump last week.
During a meeting at the White House on Jan. 15, the leader, Maria Corina Machado, gave her Peace Prize medal to Trump, which the president accepted.
