Nobel Doubles Down on No-Sharing Peace Prize Stance After Machado Gift to Trump: ‘Not Even Symbolically’

The Nobel Foundation reaffirmed that a Peace Prize cannot be shared or transferred to someone else Sunday following reports Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado gifted her prize, awarded in 2025, to Donald Trump.

“One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations,” the foundation shared in a statement. “It states that the prizes shall...