‘Appease Prize’: Critics Stunned By Venezuela’s Machado Nobel Handoff To Trump | EUROtoday

Machado, following what she described as an “excellent” White House assembly, stated she gave the medal to Trump in recognition of his “unique commitment with our freedom.”

The president is protecting the medal, a White House official later instructed retailers.

The Nobel Committee has insisted that whereas the medal can switch house owners, the winner’s standing as a Nobel laureate can’t be shared or transferred to others.

Machado’s medal gesture comes lower than two weeks after the U.S. launched a navy operation that killed roughly 100 folks in Venezuela the place forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his spouse, Cilia Flores, at house in the midst of the night time.

Since the assault, Trump has signaled his assist for interim president Delcy Rodriguez, a Maduro ally, whereas declaring that Machado didn’t have “the support within, or the respect within” the nation.

On Thursday, Trump described Machado as a “wonderful woman who has been through so much” and referred to as it his “Great Honor” to satisfy her.

Social media customers weighed in on the reported medal hand off, with one Bluesky person sarcastically calling it the “Nobel Appease Prize,” an obvious nod to Trump’s repeated claims that he deserved the consideration final yr.