Speaking to reporters before leaving Miami on Monday night (19), US President Donald Trump said he doesn’t care about the Nobel Prize.
“First of all, a very kind woman thought I deserved it and really wanted me to receive the Nobel Prize. And I thank you for that,” he said, referring to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who during her campaign last week.
“If anyone thinks that Norway doesn’t control the Nobel Prize, they are mistaken. They have a board, but it is controlled by Norway, and I don’t care what Norway says, but I really don’t care about that. What I care about is saving lives.”
María Corina gave Trump a medal
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition stated, last week, that she handed over her Nobel Peace Prize medal to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, because .
“It was a very emotional moment. I decided to present the Nobel Peace Prize medal on behalf of the people of Venezuela”, said Machado in an interview with Fox News, shown last Friday (16).
Machado added that he was inspired by a historical event that occurred 200 years ago, when the Marquis de Lafayette presented Simón Bolívar, considered the “father” of Venezuelan independence, with a medal with the image of George Washington “in honor of Bolívar’s fight for freedom on the continent.”
Therefore, she pointed out that “as a form of retribution”, 200 years later, “the people of Bolívar” give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize medal “for his work in the liberation of Venezuela and for freedom on the American continent”.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute, in turn, stated that the Nobel Peace Prize remains inextricably linked to the person or organization designated as laureate.
