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Trump given Nobel Peace Prize by its Venezuelan winner at White House
Donald Trump has been presented with a Nobel Peace Prize medal by Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, who won the award last year.
Speaking to reporters outside the US Capitol after her meeting with the president, Ms Machado said she gave the medal to Trump. She told Sky's US correspondent James Matthews that it was in "recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom".
Mr Trump, who has long coveted a Nobel Peace Prize, accepted the medal, according to a White House official, who briefed NBC News, Sky's US partner, calling it a "wonderful gesture of mutual respect". In a post on Truth Social, his own social network, the president wrote: "She is a wonderful woman who has been through so much.
"María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.
Thank you María!" The decision to award the prize to Ms Machado went down badly with the US president after it was revealed last year. White House director of communications Steven Cheung commented then that "the Nobel committee proved they place politics over peace".
After accepting the prize, Ms Machado was quick to praise the US president, dedicating it to the people of Venezuela and Mr Trump for his "decisive support". She subsequently told Fox News she wanted to "give it to him and share it with him.
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