US President Donald Trump says Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado called him and told him she accepted the prize in his honour.

The White House had earlier criticised the Nobel Committee's decision to grant the peace prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader instead of Trump, accusing it of choosing "politics over peace".

Trump had aggressively lobbied for the award and touted his role in brokering international ceasefire deals.

"President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will," White House spokesman Steven Cheung said in a post on social media platform X.

"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace."

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