The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize rejected recent suggestions that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado could present or share her award with President Donald Trump.
Norway’s Nobel Institute shut down the idea on Friday after Machado suggested it could hand over the prestigious award to Trump earlier this week.
“Once a Nobel Prize has been announced, it cannot be withdrawn, shared or transferred to others,” the institute said in a statement. “The decision is final and lasts forever.”
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado waves at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway early Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)
“Did you at any point offer to give him the Nobel Peace Prize?” Sean Hannity asked. “Did that really happen?”
Machado replied, “Well, it hasn’t happened yet.”
“I would certainly like to tell him personally that we believe – the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people – certainly want to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado continued. “What he has done is historic. It is a huge step towards a democratic transition.”
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Nobel Prize officials said the Peace Prize cannot be shared after Machado suggested honoring Trump. (REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno and Win McNamee/Getty Images)
On January 3, Trump announced that the US had successfully completed an operation to capture authoritarian Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now accused of drug trafficking in New York.
Trump was asked during an appearance on “Hannity” on Thursday whether he would accept Machado’s Nobel Prize.
“I heard she wants to do that,” Trump responded. “That would be a great honor.”
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Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during an anti-government protest on January 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
Machado secretly escaped Venezuela last month and traveled to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which she dedicated to Trump.
“Let me be very clear. As soon as I heard that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I dedicated it to President Trump because I believed at that moment that he deserved it,” Machado said on “Hannity.” “And many people, most people, said it was impossible to accomplish what he just did on Saturday, January 3.”
Trump said he plans to meet the Venezuelan opposition leader in Washington next week.
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He has previously stated that Machado “does not have the support or respect in the country” to lead. Trump has backed acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime Maduro loyalist who previously served as vice president under Maduro.
