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Iranian authorities moved Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi from Mashhad to a northern Zanjan prison without informing her family or lawyer, amid ongoing health concerns after a hunger strike and reports of violence during arrest; she faces additional prison terms for national security and propaganda, and the Nobel Committee has condemned mistreatment reports.
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi was handed seven-and-a-half years in a Mashhad court (six years for 'gathering and collusion' and 1.5 years for 'propaganda'), plus a two-year travel ban and two-year exile, with supporters calling the hearing a sham; she has health concerns, a hunger strike, and the total time she has been ordered to spend in prison is now about 44 years.
Polls show 58% of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction and 33% say it’s on the right track as Trump’s Greenland threats and domestic ICE crackdown fail to win voters, with his Nobel Peace Prize gambit also backfiring and complicating GOP prospects ahead of the midterms.
The Daily Show aired a montage lampooning Fox News pundits for their reactions to Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize chatter, highlighting perceived bias and double standards as Trump touts the prize while critics mock symbolic honors—and noting the real prize went to María Corina Machado.
The Daily Show's Josh Johnson mocked Donald Trump after he accepted a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize from Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it one of the saddest images in months and quipping that a symbolic prize can't mute Trump's threats against NATO and Greenland.
Techdirt argues that President Trump’s Greenland obsession—framed as a national-security issue but driven by a grievance over a Nobel Prize—threatens NATO unity and global stability. The piece notes that Greenland is Danish territory with long-standing treaties giving the US military access, argues the president’s threats could weaken allies and embolden adversaries, and highlights calls to invoke the 25th Amendment. It also criticizes Congress for inaction, catalogs the destabilizing diplomatic signals (tariffs on NATO allies, escalation rhetoric), and warns that this episodes underscores a presidency propped up by fear of dissent rather than sound policy.
Trump claimed Norway denied him the Nobel Peace Prize for 'ending 8 wars,' while noting Norway’s stance against claiming Greenland for the U.S. The Nobel Peace Prize is decided by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, a five-member panel appointed by Norway’s Parliament, not the government, with nominations and deliberations spanning over a year; this year’s prize went to María Corina Machado.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump during a Washington visit. The Nobel Peace Center emphasized that prizes cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred, confirming the award to Machado is final. Despite chaotic scenes outside the Capitol with reporters and Machado’s supporters, the meetings with Trump and lawmakers were kept discreet, and Trump called the gesture a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
President Trump reportedly texted Norway’s prime minister saying the Nobel Peace Prize snub freed him to focus more on U.S. interests and that he can now consider acquiring Greenland, insisting the world won’t be secure until the United States controls the island.
Maria Corina Machado’s symbolic handing of her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump prompted the Nobel Foundation to reiterate that prizes cannot be transferred or shared, even symbolically, clarifying the prize’s non-transferable status.
Heather Cox Richardson argues that President Trump’s push to own Greenland—spurred by a Nobel Prize gift scenario involving Maria Corina Machado—could destabilize NATO and the postwar international order. Analysts warn that seizing Greenland might trigger a European security crisis and invite broader confrontation among major powers, while Denmark and other allies bolster Arctic defense and Congress debates bipartisan safeguards; public support for such a move remains low.
On SNL's Weekend Update, Michael Che roasted Donald Trump for his 'desperate' Nobel Peace Prize ambitions, joking about Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gifting him the prize as a quid pro quo, with side gibes about Diddy and RFK Jr.'s comments.
NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update roasts Donald Trump for accepting someone else's Nobel Peace Prize medal and for his ‘America First’ foreign policy, spoofing his globetrotting ambitions—from Maduro's capture and Venezuela's oil to threats about invading Greenland—with a Goebbels reference and other sharp jabs.
At the 38th European Film Awards in Berlin, Liv Ullmann said Trump is unlikely to retain the Nobel Peace Prize allegedly gifted to him by María Corina Machado, noting that prize misuse could lead to revocation; the Nobel Peace Center, however, says the prize cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred. Ullmann, a European Film Awards honoree, spoke amid the controversy.
Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado handed her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump, who accepted it, prompting scrutiny that personal flattery could influence U.S. policy toward Maduro's Venezuela. The piece traces Trump's lobbying for the prize, Machado's dedication of the award to him to secure U.S. help, the subsequent brief mission to oust Maduro, and the White House's reluctance to back Machado as Maduro's replacement. It also notes constitutional concerns about gifts from foreign figures and suggests the episode highlights how decisions could be driven by personal prestige rather than national interest.