President Trump gets the Nobel Peace Prize—sort of

Last year’s laureate for the Nobel Peace Prize, María Corina Machado, visited the White House yesterday, where she gifted U.S. President Donald Trump her prize. Machado, the leader of the opposition to Venezuela’s regime, told the media it was “a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.” Trump called the medal “a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” The Norwegian Nobel Committee considers the prize nontransferable, but Machado probably hopes the gesture will result in her receiving a position in Venezuela’s new government structure now that President Trump has arrested former dictator Nicolás Maduro. Trump has claimed he should win the prize for all of his peace deals over the past year, but as the Trumpet has explained, his peacemaking has a fatal flaw.