Nobel Foundation States Peace Prize Cannot Be Transferred After Machado Gives Medal to Trump

The Nobel Foundation clarified that Nobel Peace Prizes cannot be transferred or symbolically passed on after Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a White House meeting. The Foundation emphasized that while laureates may keep, give away, or donate the physical medal, diploma, or prize money, the honor remains permanently linked to the original recipient, in accordance with Alfred Nobel's will and the Nobel Committee's rules.