Maria Corina Machado is a clever lady.
From the minute she was told that she’d received the Nobel Peace Prize, the Venezuelan leader started dangling the gold disc in front of Trump.
She knew how much he craved it, and spoke about it endlessly. Her first reaction was “let him have it,” “he deserves it,” “I’ll share it with him.”
Today she arrived in Washington and turned over the medal to his twitching hands. She made an incoherent speech to press outside the White House. Now Machado just hopes she’ll be installed as president of Venezuela and be a happy Trump puppet.
All of this despite the Nobel rules: awards are not transferable. They will never recognize this transaction. So it was all for show.
According to what used to be the rules, Trump would have to leave the medal at the White House. But you know that by this weekend he’ll be parading it around at Mar-a-Lago, where it will stay.
BREAKING: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado:
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 15, 2026
“I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”.
So in other words, the President requires that he have a prize he came nowhere close to winning, in order to possibly do the right thing.… pic.twitter.com/KobcRnDxhF
