Newsmax was a bit put out that President Trump didn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize. After running a couple of wire articles on a visit to the White House from the actual winner, Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado — one of which noted that “In a bid to keep on Trump’s good side, the 58-year-old Machado has even offered to share her Nobel award with Trump, and the president indicated she might give it to him when they meet” — Newsmax finally got the story it was (sort of) hoping for with a Jan. 16 article by Sandy Fitzgerald:
Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado gave President Donald Trump her gold medal, which he accepted on Thursday.
The White House shared a photo on X of the Venezuelan opposition leader with Trump, who was holding a gold-framed display containing the medal.
The inscription reads that his “Principled and Decisive Action to Secure a Free Venezuela” has been recognized.
The Nobel Committee has said the Peace Prize itself is not transferable.
[…]“María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect,” he said.
Newsmax also found a Trump sycophant to gush over the presentation:
Sara Carter, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, told Newsmax on Thursday that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s symbolic presentation of her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump during a White House meeting marks a pivotal moment in global geopolitics and the struggle for democracy in Venezuela.
Carter told “Rob Schmitt Tonight” that Machado’s gesture was “so significant” and said it underscored the impact of U.S. actions in support of democratic forces against authoritarian regimes.
“María Corina Machado’s gesture to give the Nobel Prize to President Trump was so significant,” Carter said, emphasizing the symbolism of Machado’s act during their meeting at the White House.
Carter tied the moment to broader U.S. operations in Venezuela, including Operation Absolute Resolve, a mission that extracted a fugitive de facto leader, Nicolas Maduro, from the country without loss of U.S. service members.
[…]Carter declined to detail private discussions between Machado and Trump, saying that what was said “privately” is up to the president, but she insisted the meeting could reshape momentum in the Western Hemisphere’s geopolitical landscape.
Newsmax did publish a Jan. 16 article by Solange Reyner reminding people that the price still belongs to Machado:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee says Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is well within her right to regift her medal, as she did Thursday to President Donald Trump, but that the prize itself “remains inseparably linked” to her.
“The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organization has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,” the committee said in a statement.
“The prize itself — the honor and recognition — remains inseparably linked to the person or organization designated as the laureate by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.”
[…]The president called it a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done.”
Reyner didn’t remind Trump that he didn’t actually win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Meanwhile, the campaign for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is well underway, with a Feb. 9 article by Reyner stating that “Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday praised President Donald Trump’s role in advancing peace efforts and said he hopes the American leader will be awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize as he also emphasized the importance of Vice President JD Vance’s recent engagement with Armenia as a step toward deeper bilateral ties.”