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White House melts down after Trump loses the Nobel Peace Prize he desperately wanted

Sharon Banks

Washington, D.C. – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, for her nonviolent resistance to President Nicolás Maduro’s regime and advocacy for democracy, a decision that left the White House fuming and President Donald Trump, a self-proclaimed peacemaker, visibly snubbed.

Machado, 56, humbly accepted the honor in Oslo, saying, “This is an achievement of a whole society. I am just, you know, one person. I certainly do not deserve this.” The Nobel Committee praised her “unwavering commitment to human rights and electoral integrity,” amid Venezuela’s 2024 disputed election and Maduro’s crackdown, which has jailed thousands.

Trump’s team, who lobbied aggressively for the prize, decried the selection as “politics over peace,” with communications director Steven Cheung posting on X, “President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.”

The snub, amid Trump’s claims of ending eight wars in his second term, highlights his fixation on the award, with world leaders like Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu previously nominating him, per The New York Times.

The Nobel Committee announced Machado as the laureate at 11:00 a.m. CET in Oslo, awarding her $1 million for “efforts to restore democratic processes in Venezuela through peaceful means,” per the official citation.

Machado, barred from the 2024 presidential race by Maduro’s allies, led protests after her proxy Edmundo González won 67% of votes but was denied certification. Her nonviolent campaigns, including the 2023 “Maria Corina Machado Challenge” mobilizing 1 million Venezuelans, faced exile threats; she addressed the Nobel ceremony virtually from hiding, saying, “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice.”

The prize follows 2024’s award to Nihon Hidankyo, Japanese atomic bomb survivors, emphasizing nonviolence.

Venezuela erupted in joy, with Machado’s followers in Caracas chanting “Freedom!” despite Maduro’s state media blackout. González, in exile in Spain, tweeted, “Maria’s courage inspires the world—peace through truth.” Maduro called it a “Western plot,” per The Guardian.

Trump’s Omission and Meltdown

Trump, 79, has coveted the Nobel since 2018, when he claimed credit for the Kim Jong-un summits and Abraham Accords. In August 2025, he reportedly called Norway’s finance minister Jens Stoltenberg “out of the blue” to lobby for it.

Trump boasted on September 15, 2025, at a Mar-a-Lago dinner, “I ended eight wars—Nobel should be mine,” amid claims of brokering ceasefires in Ukraine and Gaza, later debunked as exaggerated by FactCheck.org. Nominations from Pakistan, Israel, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Azerbaijan, and Armenia in July 2025 were seen as diplomatic flattery.

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Cheung’s X post at 2:00 p.m. EDT on Friday drew likes from MAGA supporters with most replies mocking Trump, with #TrumpNobelSnub trending. Trump reposted Cheung, adding, “Fake Nobel—crooked committee hates America!” VP JD Vance tweeted, “Maria is brave, but Trump’s peace record dwarfs it—Nobel got it wrong.”

Democrats like Gov. JB Pritzker (IL) tweeted, “Nobel got it right—peace over bluster,” amid his September 30 call for the 25th Amendment. Israeli PM Netanyahu congratulated Machado but privately lobbied for Trump.

The omission ties to Trump’s challenges: Epstein files, August jobs report, health rumors, September 6 Chicago post, court losses and more.

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