Not Nobel enough?
The head of the Nobel Peace Prize tried to justify not giving the award to President Trump early Friday — subtly suggesting the commander-in-chief was not worthy of the illustrious award despite his historic breakthroughs seeking the end of the Israel-Hamas war.
Nobel Committee chair Jørgen Watne Frydnes was asked about the clamor to give the prize to Trump, who had said it would be an insult to the US not to award it to him.
However, the deadline for nominations was Jan. 31 — just days into Trump’s second term in office — meaning all nominations Trump has earned this year for settling conflicts across the world are for the 2026 prize.
Still, instead of pointing out the timing, Frydnes suggested that a last-minute switch wasn’t made because the US leader doesn’t live up to it.
“In the long history of the Nobel Peace Prize, I think this committee has seen many types of campaign, media attention,” Frydnes said, without naming Trump.
“We receive thousands and thousands of letters every year of people wanting to say what, for them, leads to peace. --->READ MORE HERE
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“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado rang in her Nobel Peace Prize victory Friday by dedicating the award to the people of Venezuela fighting for freedom — and President Donald Trump, who has publicly lobbied for the prize for himself.
“We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy,” she wrote on X. “I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause.”
Trump has coveted the prize for months, arguing he’s ended conflicts across the globe over the course of his presidency. Several world leaders also endorsed him for the honor after he successfully brokered an apparent ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas earlier this week.
Machado’s win is underscored by a sweeping conflict in Venezuela, where the country has been entangled in a political and humanitarian crisis for years, only worsening under the presidency of Nicolás Maduro.
But for Venezuelan opposition leaders, Trump could be a key bulwark against the Maduro regime. The president has been a vocal critic of Maduro’s presidency, and cut off diplomacy with the country recently. The Trump administration has called for the arrest of Maduro for drug trafficking, offering a $50 million reward this summer for information leading to his arrest. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story:
+++++Fresh off Nobel Peace Prize win, opposition leader María Corina Machado says Venezuela is counting on Trump ‘more than ever’+++++
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