US President Donald Trump mentioned that Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado obtained her Nobel Peace Prize in his honour and that he has been “serving to her alongside the way in which.”Trump, talking throughout a briefing on Saturday, mentioned, “The one who obtained the Nobel Prize referred to as me in the present day and mentioned, ‘I am accepting this in honour of you since you actually deserved it’... I did not say, ‘Give it to me’, although. I believe she may need… I have been serving to her alongside the way in which… I am pleased as a result of I saved tens of millions of lives…”
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Machado for her efforts to advertise democratic rights and obtain a peaceable transition from dictatorship to democracy. The Nobel Committee cited her “tireless work selling democratic rights for the folks of Venezuela and for her battle to realize a simply and peaceable transition from dictatorship to democracy.”Trump had actively campaigned for the prize over the previous 12 months, calling himself the “president of peace” and repeatedly claiming to have “ended six or seven wars.” In September, he advised UN delegates that his “peace report” was unmatched, citing conflicts between Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, and “even Thailand and Cambodia.”The award represents a private blow to Trump, who has mentioned he “ought to have gotten [the prize] 4 or 5 instances” and that “everybody says” he deserves it. It’s also a diplomatic setback for Pakistan, one of many international locations that formally nominated Trump, portraying him as a “champion of peace.”