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Trump did not win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Trump did not win 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, sidelining President Trump who has openly campaigned for the honor. The big picture: The prize is considered the world's top diplomatic recognition, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee's pick rebuffs Trump's attempts to sell himself as the world's greatest peacemaker. Driving the news: The committee awarded Machado the honor Friday "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."The 58-year-old industrial engineer lives in hiding. Venezuela's courts blocked her from running for president and thus challenging President Nicolas Maduro, who has been in power since 2013. State of play: Trump told the UN General Assembly in September his efforts to resolve "unendable wars" around the world merited a Nobel.Despite multiple nominations during his presidencies, Trump has never won the prize.He previously criticized the committee's 2009 award to former President Obama, saying the former president "had no idea why he got it."Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Trump in July, followed by endorsements from others.By the numbers: The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize included 338 registered candidates, composed of 244 individuals and 94 organizations. Only four U.S. presidents have won the coveted award: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter and Obama.A Washington-Ipsos poll from September found that only 22% of Americans surveyed said Trump should win, including fewer than half of Republicans. Zoom out: The decision comes two days after Trump announced Israel and Hamas agreed to phase one of the peace deal, which he described as the start of a "Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace," in a Truth Social post Wednesday. Go deeper: Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize. Most Americans say he doesn't deserve one.

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