Symbolic gesture: Machado: I offered Trump with the Nobel Prize medal | EUROtoday

The Venezuelan opposition chief María Corina Machado has her Nobel Prize gold medal, in line with her personal assertion Donald Trump handed over. After the 2 met in Washington, she didn’t touch upon whether or not Trump had accepted her reward. Somewhat later, the US TV channel Fox News reported, citing the White House, that the president had accepted the medal.

Trump has been saying for months that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. But final yr Machado was honored with it.

In addition to a certificates, Nobel Prize winners additionally obtain a gold medal. Machado informed reporters in Washington that she gave her medal to Trump. The Nobel Prize Institute had made it clear days in the past {that a}… Nobel Prize can’t be handed on.

Machado had beforehand devoted her award to Trump. She is combating for her future position in Venezuela, the place Trump had the authoritarian ruler Nicolás Maduro and his spouse taken into custody with navy power firstly of the yr and dropped at the USA, the place they’re accused of drug smuggling. Trump had beforehand stated that Machado didn’t have the required assist and respect in Venezuela to steer the nation. The USA is at present counting on Maduro’s Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who took excessive job.

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