Norwegian leaders condemn giving Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump as absurd
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Norwegian politicians criticized Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado’s decision to give her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump, calling it absurd and stressing that the Nobel prize cannot be transferred even though a medal can; the Nobel Center and organizers reiterated the prize’s independence, while Trump celebrated the gesture on social media and some officials warned it could damage the prize’s reputation and politicize it.
- Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians The Guardian
- Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support CNN
- Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado CNBC
- Machado gave her Peace Prize to Trump. Can a Nobel be gifted? The Washington Post
- The Nobel Peace Prize Medal Has Been Sold Before for Millions The New York Times
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