President Donald Trump is now softly reiterating his call for 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado to give him the award when she visits the United States next week.
During a Thursday interview with Trump in the White House, Fox News host Sean Hannity pointed out that Machado — the Venezuelan opposition leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year despite Trump's relentless campaign for the award — has said publicly that she wants to "give it to him and share it with him." Hannity also pointed out that Machado dedicated the Peace Prize to Trump after she won it.
"Do you have any plans to meet with her, and would you accept the Nobel Prize she wants to hand to you?" Hannity asked.
"Well, I understand she's coming in next week. And I look forward to saying hello to her, and I heard that she wants to do that. That would be a great honor. I did put out eight wars."
Trump's claim to have ended eight wars is heavily disputed. The BBC reported in October that many of the conflicts Trump claimed to have ended "lasted just days" and were "the result of long-standing tensions" with shaky peace deals. Trump himself acknowledged in his interview with Hannity that his claim to have negotiated an end to hostilities between India and Pakistan is questionable given that the two nations have started feuding again.
The president's remarks about Machado giving him her Peace Prize were met with a wave of ridicule on social media. Progressive influencer Harry Sisson called his comments "beyond humiliating for the United States."
"Trump won’t support Machado in Venezuela unless she gives him the Nobel Peace prize she won," Sisson tweeted. "HE IS A CHILD."
"So he’s going to get his Nobel Prize in exchange for letting her run the country? Or will he just grab it and let Maduro’s people stay?" Podcaster Jim Stewartson wrote on X. "I can’t believe these are actual questions in the real world."
"What are we even doing here," wrote attorney and podcaster Aaron Parnas.
"Wow, this interview is unbelievably cringe," quipped Rutgers University professor Paul Hirschfield. "I can’t believe it’s real."
Watch the video of Trump's comments below: