Trump ally Roger Stone calls on Maria Corina Machado to surrender her Nobel Peace Prize to POTUS

WASHINGTON, DC: Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, has called on Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to surrender her Nobel Peace Prize to the POTUS.

He told the 'Real America’s Voice' network that he isn’t "happy" that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee picked Machado to receive the coveted award.

Roger Stone says President Trump 'deserves this award'

Roger Stone said on Monday, October 13, "The right thing to do would be for her to ask, or maybe have Marco Rubio ask her, if President Trump can give her the award and then she should hand it back to the president."

"He deserves this award even though I thought those elitist globalist freaks at the Nobel Peace Prize Committee would likely not give it to him," the Trump ally added.

Stone also suggested that Barack Obama shouldn’t have received the Nobel Peace Prize and added that Machado should consider "bestowing" the award to the POTUS. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee, in selecting Machado, cited her for promoting democratic rights for Venezuelans and for her efforts in combating the country’s authoritarian government.

Interestingly, Machado, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 10, hasn’t silenced Trump’s calls to be considered for the award, with the POTUS entertaining whether the committee could have made an "exception" and taken his perceived accomplishments into account in 2025. 

Moreover, Trump and his allies have used the recent US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal to further advance his case for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Trump says Maria Corina Machado praised him despite not winning

During a press briefing on October 10, President Trump revealed that Maria Corina Machado apparently told him, "I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it," after winning the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.

The POTUS said while speaking about the results of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said, 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do." He added, "I didn’t say ‘then give it to me’ though. I think she might have, she was very nice. I’ve been helping her along the way. They need a lot of help in Venezuela; it’s a basic disaster."

Trump then tried to explain the committee's decision and said, "It was given after '24, and I was running for office in '24... There are those who say that we did so much that they should have done it."

Earlier, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung responded to the snub and wrote on X, "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."

"The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace," he added.

After winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Machado took to X and wrote, "This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom." She continued, "We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy."

Machado concluded the post, writing, "I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!"