Nobel foundation said the Peace Prize cannot be shared after Machado gave the award to Trump. (REUTERS/Maxwell Briceno and Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Machado explained her decision to give Trump her award in an interview with Fox News.
"He deserves it," Machado told "FOX & Friends Weekend" co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy. "It was a very emotional moment."
Machado said she presented the prize to the president on behalf of the Venezuelan people, crediting him for the historic work he did in liberating the country from its dictator Nicolás Maduro.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks at the Heritage Foundation, an influential conservative think tank, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump and members of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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The Norwegian Nobel Institute had tried to shut down the transfer before Machado met with Trump earlier this month.
"Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others," the institute said in a statement. "The decision is final and stands for all time."
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