Nobel Committee Clarifies Prize Linked to Laureate After Machado Gifts Medal to Trump

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, presented her Nobel medal to US President Donald Trump during a White House meeting, calling it a gesture recognizing his role in promoting freedom. The Norwegian Nobel Committee clarified that while laureates may give away or sell the physical medal, the Nobel Peace Prize itself remains inseparably linked to the original recipient and cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked. Trump accepted the medal, describing the act as mutual respect, but the committee emphasized that Machado remains the official laureate.