Maria Corina Machado Presented Her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump
Maria Corina Machado Hey Trump, Check Out This Nobel Peace Prize!
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12:18 PM PT -- During today's segment on TMZ Live, Harvey, Charles, and Babcock debated over whether or not Trump should have accepted the award.
Although President Donald Trump was disappointed about losing out on his hunt for a Nobel Peace Prize last year, he got a taste of how it felt to have one Thursday when Maria Corina Machado presented him with her medal.
The Venezuelan opposition leader met with POTUS at the White House, where she presented the medal. It wasn't immediately clear if Trump had accepted the medal, but the White House later confirmed he did -- sharing a photo of him holding it next to Machado.
The Nobel organizers were aware of Machado's plans and posted on social media ... "a medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot."
FYI ... Machado was presented with the Peace Prize last October for her efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela.
Although Trump's been nominated for the Peace Prize on several occasions, he's never received the award.
Trump appeared to brush off the snub last October after the award was presented to Machado, and said he was happy to have "saved millions of lives" in an apparent reference to his involvement in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
