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riversedge

(79,663 posts)
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:40 PM 15 hrs ago

Nobel Foundation voids Trump's gifted Nobel Peace Prize: "The decision is final"

Source: msn


Story by Rey Harris • 7h

In a press release issued Friday, the foundation explained that no matter what happens to the medal, "it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize."

"Even if the medal or diploma later comes into someone else's possession, this does not alter who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize," the statement said, later adding, "The decision is final and applies for all time."


The statement came after Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado – the most recently selected laureate – "presented" her medal to Trump during a White House visit on Thursday.

Machado explained it was "a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom," while Trump posted on social media, "Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done.".......................







Nobel Foundation voids Trump's gifted Nobel Peace Prize: "The decision is final"
Story by Rey Harris • 7h

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nobel-foundation-voids-trump-s-gifted-nobel-peace-prize-the-decision-is-final/ar-AA1UsAgL?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=dd746b630cae4a57dfdef72ab5a00054&ei=14



For once be a man Mr Trump and return the peace Prize to its rightful owner.




The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize
Statement from the Nobel Foundation

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. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed.

For additional information, please refer to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: https://nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-releases/the-nobel-prize-and-the-laureate-are-inseparable


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Nobel Foundation voids Trump's gifted Nobel Peace Prize: "The decision is final" (Original Post) riversedge 15 hrs ago OP
🇳🇴 Norwegian prime minister says Trump repeatedly begs for the Nobel Peace Prize riversedge 15 hrs ago #1
It's a prestigious award underpants 15 hrs ago #4
If he really wanted a Nobel Prize that much, PatSeg 13 hrs ago #28
I don't know stage left 13 hrs ago #31
The Neediness is Truly Pathetic The Roux Comes First 15 hrs ago #2
No doubt Timewas 15 hrs ago #3
There should be a Nobel prize for immaturity, he would win bigly. Dave Bowman 15 hrs ago #5
Clearly the Nobel Foundation made a mistake awarding J_William_Ryan 15 hrs ago #6
I admit I know little about Machado, but for the Nobel committee to riversedge 15 hrs ago #9
I was about to say... Wednesdays 15 hrs ago #10
She may be making what might be called.... reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #40
Poor widdle poopy baby pedophile protector Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #7
I have a few scalpels. Maru Kitteh 15 hrs ago #8
I swear, my husband would never, ever lower himself, crawl like a maggot, in order... chouchou 15 hrs ago #11
Now why are you insulting those poor mosquitos? niyad 15 hrs ago #12
I understand but, here in Floriduh, I've been bitten so many times, I tend to be unfair. chouchou 13 hrs ago #24
When our older son, now 35, was 8, he wanted to invent a time machine... 3catwoman3 12 hrs ago #39
Your son, apparently, has a cool mind. Mosquitoes follow carbon-dioxide. chouchou 11 hrs ago #41
it's MAGAt Skittles 15 hrs ago #13
That is quite true. But frankly, even if were not married, I'd not date one. chouchou 13 hrs ago #23
Trump does have a gift. Collimator 14 hrs ago #14
Parody Found on Reddit: Grokenstein 14 hrs ago #15
You can occasionally find Super Bowl rings for sale if you know where to look. paleotn 14 hrs ago #16
There is, in fact, nothing to void localroger 14 hrs ago #17
They need to "officially" rescind the award from Machado, and declare 2025's winner as VOID Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #18
They just announced that the decision to grant the award is final. So they can't do that. onenote 10 hrs ago #44
I know they've said that. The point is they CAN and SHOULD change their mind. Wiz Imp 6 min ago #47
Inaccurate headline - there was no "voiding" of the award Fiendish Thingy 14 hrs ago #19
No, it hasn't. mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago #20
I hope they removed Machado's name from the Peace Prize FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #21
The article and the statement from the committee is clear: the award is final. It can't be revoked. onenote 10 hrs ago #45
Good grief, what a BABY he is. A big ridiculously spoiled BABY. calimary 14 hrs ago #22
It's like she pawned the Prize. N/T tonekat 13 hrs ago #25
The medal is not his, regardless. Anything presented to the president in his official capacity belongs to the US. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #26
Everything Trump touches dies. greatauntoftriplets 13 hrs ago #27
Just a little tidbit. BowDown 13 hrs ago #32
Now Dementia Donnie will have to invade Norway. travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #29
He is such a sick fuck Joinfortmill 13 hrs ago #30
Everything he touches turns to sh*t! Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #33
dear god, this man is pathetic...I've never seen such a vile creature... CTyankee 13 hrs ago #34
Did she keep the money part of the prize? MerrilyMerrily 13 hrs ago #35
The bad seed. bamagal62 12 hrs ago #36
Awesome... The Nobel Peace Prize Committee Cha 12 hrs ago #37
This message was self-deleted by its author sop 12 hrs ago #38
Trump to deploy troops choie 11 hrs ago #42
And no parting gifts for TSF. Sneederbunk 11 hrs ago #43
His staff should provide those tiny star stickers like in school. BigmanPigman 3 hrs ago #46

riversedge

(79,663 posts)
1. 🇳🇴 Norwegian prime minister says Trump repeatedly begs for the Nobel Peace Prize
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:44 PM
15 hrs ago

I think Trump grasps the idea fine but his Ego can not accept it!!

Gandalv @Microinteracti1
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4h
🇳🇴 Norwegian prime minister says Trump repeatedly begs for the Nobel Peace Prize

Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre says that Donald Trump raises the same issue every time they meet. According to Støre, Donald Trump repeatedly complains, pleads, and demands to know why he has not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Støre explains that he gives the same answer every time. The decision is made entirely by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which operates independently and without any involvement from the Norwegian government.

It is, as Støre reportedly notes with thinly veiled frustration, a concept Trump appears fundamentally unable to grasp.





PatSeg

(52,288 posts)
28. If he really wanted a Nobel Prize that much,
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:50 PM
13 hrs ago

maybe he should have tried EARNING one instead of begging and whining like a 9 year old brat.

The Roux Comes First

(2,185 posts)
2. The Neediness is Truly Pathetic
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:52 PM
15 hrs ago

If he can't steal something, extort it, or intimidate someone into yielding it to him he is simply incapable of imagining any other way of achieving his goal.

Yet almost every school-age child requires only a few weeks to learn how their actual performance and behavior can influence their achievements, for better or worse.

Timewas

(2,665 posts)
3. No doubt
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:53 PM
15 hrs ago

He is the sickest most idiotic person in this world and probably an any other also..

J_William_Ryan

(3,359 posts)
6. Clearly the Nobel Foundation made a mistake awarding
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 06:57 PM
15 hrs ago

Machado the prize – she’s as undeserving as Trump.

riversedge

(79,663 posts)
9. I admit I know little about Machado, but for the Nobel committee to
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:07 PM
15 hrs ago

award her the peace prize, she must have have the good character at the time.

Ps--I think the committee is super ticked off--this is the second time they have put out an announcement about the Award in just a few short weeks.

Wednesdays

(21,670 posts)
10. I was about to say...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:08 PM
15 hrs ago

I'll bet that's the last time the committee awards the prize to anyone with even a hint of affinity to TSF.

reACTIONary

(6,996 posts)
40. She may be making what might be called....
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:29 PM
11 hrs ago

... a "sacrifice" for her country. She is sucking up to him, but I think she thinks it will he for the betterment of Venezuela.

Maybe the Nobel committee should give her another one!

chouchou

(2,849 posts)
11. I swear, my husband would never, ever lower himself, crawl like a maggot, in order...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:08 PM
15 hrs ago

...to whine, beg, pretty-pretty please for any award which he does not deserve.
Trump has got the integrity and kindness of a low IQ mosquito.

chouchou

(2,849 posts)
24. I understand but, here in Floriduh, I've been bitten so many times, I tend to be unfair.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:40 PM
13 hrs ago

I'll try to do better.

3catwoman3

(28,685 posts)
39. When our older son, now 35, was 8, he wanted to invent a time machine...
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:07 PM
12 hrs ago

...so he could go back and kill the first 2 mosquitos that ever existed before they had a chance to mate and make more.

chouchou

(2,849 posts)
41. Your son, apparently, has a cool mind. Mosquitoes follow carbon-dioxide.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 10:33 PM
11 hrs ago

If you can hold your breathe you're safe. Of course, after one-two minutes..they have you..

Collimator

(2,090 posts)
14. Trump does have a gift.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:37 PM
14 hrs ago

He has somehow sustained a grandiose sense of self while having no self-respect whatsoever.

paleotn

(21,679 posts)
16. You can occasionally find Super Bowl rings for sale if you know where to look.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:47 PM
14 hrs ago

Doesn't mean you won the Super Bowl.

localroger

(3,779 posts)
17. There is, in fact, nothing to void
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:49 PM
14 hrs ago

The award was made. The medal is a trinket. It's not too hard, if you have the money, to find a NFL Superbowl ring for sale, but acquiring you doesn't make you a Superbowl player.

Trump probably thinks the Norwegian government can exert pressure and threaten and finagle the Nobel committee into legit naming him, since after all it's what he would do and it's always worked for him.

Wiz Imp

(9,103 posts)
18. They need to "officially" rescind the award from Machado, and declare 2025's winner as VOID
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:54 PM
14 hrs ago

onenote

(46,000 posts)
44. They just announced that the decision to grant the award is final. So they can't do that.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:49 PM
10 hrs ago

Never have.

Fiendish Thingy

(22,213 posts)
19. Inaccurate headline - there was no "voiding" of the award
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 07:57 PM
14 hrs ago

The Nobel committee said earlier this week no award could be either transferred or revoked, this report just confirms that, regardless of who possesses the actual medal, the award is Machado’s.

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,431 posts)
20. No, it hasn't.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:03 PM
14 hrs ago

The source for this claim is a German site, TAG24 News. "Void" seems to be an unfortunate translation for what actually happened, which is that the Nobel Prize committee is not recognizing an attempt to transfer the award to a non-recipient.

The prize has not been "voided." It is still in effect. The recipient is, as it always was, Maria Corina Machado. She cannot transfer the award to someone else.

The award might, physically, be in the possession of someone other than a recipient, but that person does not become the revipient.

To say that the award has been voided, though, is not correct. MSN sweeps this stuff up and doesn't do any fact-checking.

The award still stands.

FakeNoose

(40,356 posts)
21. I hope they removed Machado's name from the Peace Prize
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:05 PM
14 hrs ago

She has demonstrated that she doesn't deserve it, nor does anyone else that she might give it to.

onenote

(46,000 posts)
45. The article and the statement from the committee is clear: the award is final. It can't be revoked.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 11:51 PM
10 hrs ago

calimary

(89,173 posts)
22. Good grief, what a BABY he is. A big ridiculously spoiled BABY.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:07 PM
14 hrs ago

With my sincere apologies to real babies everywhere.

SunSeeker

(57,672 posts)
26. The medal is not his, regardless. Anything presented to the president in his official capacity belongs to the US.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:42 PM
13 hrs ago

The American people now own that medal.

The next president should return it to Machado, who will probably be sitting in a Venezuelan prison, incarcerated by the Maduro regime goons Trump left in place because they are letting him steal Venezuelan oil. Trump does not give a shit about her, nor Venezuela.

BowDown

(9 posts)
32. Just a little tidbit.
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 09:06 PM
13 hrs ago

Valdy Daddy (Putin) stole a Super Bowl Ring from Robert Kraft when he asked Kraft to let him see it. At least Putin took it like the thug he is. This motherfucker has to whine and beg for it. How Pathetic 🤬🤬

Cha

(317,215 posts)
37. Awesome... The Nobel Peace Prize Committee
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 09:39 PM
12 hrs ago

Isn't into to Orwellian Gaslighting Shit with its Prize

And, PEDO Rapist Mass Homicidal Nazi is NOT Going to Change.

Response to riversedge (Original post)

BigmanPigman

(54,641 posts)
46. His staff should provide those tiny star stickers like in school.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:49 AM
3 hrs ago

I still have sheets of them from my teaching days as a 1st grade teacher. They should just stick one on his forehead for being a stable genius every time he needs an ego-boost.

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