Trump Defends Accepting Nobel Offer After Reporter’s Question

Brief By Twitter X / 10:25 AM on 17 Jan 2026

US President Donald Trump said he accepted a Nobel Peace Prize certificate after a reporter questioned why he would want someone else’s award. Trump said Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado offered it, praising him for ending eight wars. He called the gesture kind, adding that she believed nobody in history deserved the prize more during a White House media interaction.