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The White House condemned the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, claiming it prioritized politics over actual peace efforts. Director of Communications Steven Cheung asserted that President Trump deserved the prize more, citing his peace deals and efforts to end wars. The committee recognized Machado’s role as a key figure opposing the “brutal, authoritarian state” under Presidents Maduro and Chávez, noting her blocked candidacy, travel restrictions, and need to live in hiding. Trump himself has publicly stated his belief that he deserves the Nobel Prize.
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The White House criticized the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday after it awarded the 2025 peace prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,” White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung said on X. “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.”
The committee rewarded Machado for her work as a central opposition figure to a “a brutal, authoritarian state” under President Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chávez. In 2024, Machado’s candidacy was blocked, she was prevented from leaving the country, and she has been forced to live in hiding.
In other years, Machado’s victory might be uncontroversial, but US President Donald Trump has openly campaigned for the prize: “I deserve it,” Trump said back in February, “but they would never give it to me.”
