United States President Donald Trump reacted to missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize this year, saying he was “happy” despite not winning because he had “saved millions of lives.” Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, October 10, 2025, Trump revealed that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado -- who received the award -- personally reached out to him.

“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called me today and said, ‘I am accepting this in honour of you because you really deserved it,’” Trump said. “A very nice thing to do.”

Machado, who dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to “the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” had earlier posted her message on X. Trump remarked about her gesture, saying, “She was ve

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