White House slams Nobel committee's decision not to award 2025 Peace Prize to Trump

The White House criticised the Nobel committee's determination not to grant this year’s bid prize to President Donald Trump, claiming they "proved they spot authorities complete peace."

"President Trump will proceed making bid deals, ending wars, and redeeming lives. He has nan bosom of a humanitarian, and location will ne'er beryllium anyone for illustration him who tin move mountains pinch nan sheer unit of his will," White House spokesperson Steven Cheung wrote successful a station connected X.

Trump has agelong coveted nan prestigious Nobel Peace Prize and aggressively lobbied for nan award, citing his domiciled successful brokering a number of world ceasefire deals.

So far, Trump himself has not commented connected not winning this year's prize.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced connected Friday that it was awarding nan 2025 Peace Prize to Venezuelan guidance leader María Corina Machado.

"As nan leader of nan populist activity successful Venezuela, María Corina Machado is 1 of nan astir bonzer examples of civilian courageousness successful Latin America successful caller times," nan committee said successful a statement.

"She is receiving nan Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless activity promoting antiauthoritarian authorities for nan group of Venezuela and for her struggle to execute a conscionable and serene modulation from dictatorship to democracy."

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's authorities routinely targeted its existent aliases perceived opponents up of past year’s statesmanlike election.

Machado was group to tally against Maduro, but nan authorities disqualified her and Edmundo González, who had ne'er tally for agency before, took her place. The lead-up to nan predetermination saw wide repression, including disqualifications, arrests and quality authorities violations.

The crackdown connected dissent further accrued aft nan country’s National Electoral Council, which is stacked pinch Maduro loyalists, declared him nan victor contempt reliable grounds to nan contrary.

The predetermination results announced by nan Electoral Council sparked protests crossed nan country, to which nan authorities responded pinch force, resulting successful much than 20 deaths. They besides prompted nan extremity of negotiated relations betwixt Venezuela and various countries, including Argentina.

In September 2024, nan European Parliament voted successful favour of a non-binding solution stating that González, not Maduro, is nan morganatic victor of nan statesmanlike election.

"We are successful a business of maximum persecution, and practically each nan leaders that had to do pinch nan organisation of nan elections are presently either successful hiding, exiled, aliases refugeed abroad, aliases detained," Machado told Euronews in an exclusive interview at nan time.

"This is not an rumor of nan near aliases nan right, this is an rumor of state versus oppression, this is an rumor of corruption versus justness and this is an rumor of a sadistic usurpation of quality authorities versus respect for them," she said.

Machado went into hiding and has not been seen successful nationalist since January. A Venezuelan tribunal issued an apprehension warrant for González, who moved to Spain and was granted asylum.

There had been persistent speculation up of nan announcement astir nan anticipation of nan prize going to US President Donald Trump, amplified by nan support earlier this week of his scheme for a ceasefire successful Gaza, which started earlier connected Friday.

Experts opportunity nan committee typically focuses connected nan durability of peace, nan promotion of world fraternity and nan quiet activity of institutions that fortify those goals.

Last year's grant went to Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots activity of Japanese atomic bombing survivors who person worked for decades to support a taboo astir nan usage of atomic weapons.

The bid prize is nan only 1 of nan yearly Nobel prizes to beryllium awarded successful Norway.

The grant ceremonial will beryllium held connected 10 December, nan day of nan decease of Alfred Nobel, a able Swedish industrialist and nan inventor of dynamite who founded nan prizes. He died successful 1896.