Donald Trump branded a 'child' after latest Nobel Peace Prize comments as committee issue first ever statement on transferring award
US President Donald Trump has been branded a 'child' after his latest comments about the Nobel Peace Prize.
It comes as the committee made its first ever statement on the rules surrounding the transferring of the Peace Prize, after Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado made the surprising offer to hand her award over to the president.
The Nobel Committee has now clarified that the award cannot be 'revoked, shared, or transferred'.
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute receive a number of requests for comments regarding the permanence of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s status," the organization said on its website on Friday (January 9).
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"The facts are clear and well established. Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others. The decision is final and stands for all time."
Machado won the prestigious prize for her struggle to rescue the South American country from its fate as 'a brutal, authoritarian state'.
Her offer came after the January 3 raid on Venezuela's capital, which saw the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, abducted and taken to New York City to stand trial.
In a recent interview, Trump suggested that he should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for the 'eight and a quarter' wars he says he has ended.
He told Fox News's Sean Hannity: “But you know, when you put out eight wars, in theory, you should get one for each war.
“It makes me feel so good. Not because of a Nobel Prize, but because I saved millions and millions of lives, and that's what really makes me feel good."
Hannity also asked Trump if he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize from Machado, with Trump responding: “Well, I understand she's coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her, and I've heard that she wants to do that.
"That would be a great honor."
Some have since criticized Trump for his comments, with political commentator and influencer Harry Sisson writing: "This is so beyond humiliating for the United States.
"Trump won’t support Machado in Venezuela unless she gives him the Nobel Peace prize she won. HE IS A CHILD."
And someone said in response: "A brave woman wins the Nobel for helping liberate her country, and all he can think about is how it might end up on his mantel. The narcissism is bottomless."
UNILAD has reached out to The White House for comment.
Machado spoke to Fox News about dedicating her award to Trump, explaining: "Let me be very clear. As soon as I learned that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I dedicated [it] to Trump because I knew at that point, he deserved it.
"And lot of people, most people said it was impossible to achieve what he has just done on Saturday, 3 January.
"And so, I believe he deserved it. January 3 will go down in history as the day justice defeated tyranny. It’s a milestone, and it’s not only huge for the Venezuelan people and our future, I think it’s a huge step for humanity, for freedom, and human dignity."
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, World News
Lucy Devine