“The Nobel Committee has proven that it prioritizes politics over peace,” White House communications director Stephen Chan wrote on social media.
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President Donald Trump has long focused on some of his accomplishments, including his claim that he “stopped seven wars.”
The White House has responded to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition activist Maria Colina Machado, saying the award committee was playing politics by not awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump.
“The Nobel Committee has proven that it prioritizes politics over peace,” White House communications director Stephen Chan wrote on social media.
Meanwhile, on the day she won the honor, Machado paused to thank the US president. She dedicated the award to the Venezuelan people and President Trump’s “steadfast support for our cause.”
“We are on the threshold of victory. Today, more than ever, we look to President Trump, the people of the United States, the people of Latin America, and the democracies of the world as key allies in achieving freedom and democracy,” Machado wrote on social media.
Machado, a 58-year-old industrial engineer who lives in hiding, was blocked by a Venezuelan court in 2024 from running for president, preventing him from challenging President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power since 2013.
Trump has said publicly at least six times that he deserves the award. He and his allies cite a variety of peace efforts, including a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas that took effect on October 10.
President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office on February 4 and said, “They will never give me the Nobel Peace Prize.” “It’s a shame. I deserve what I deserve and they will never give it to me.”
Previous recipients of the prestigious award include Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and Barack Obama.
The Nobel Committee did not reveal the names of the candidates who were not selected, but prior to the announcement, it had announced that there were 338 candidates, of which 244 were individuals and the remaining 94 were organizations.
Contributor: Reuters, Francesca Chambers, Kim Helmgaard
