Machado said she "presented" Trump with the coveted medal despite the Nobel Committee`s insistence that she can`t share or transfer it.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday revealed that she "presented" Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize, the coveted medal that he`s dreamed of having in his clutches for years.

Machado, following what she described as an "excellent" White House meeting, said she gave the medal to Trump in recognition of his "unique commitment with our freedom."

The president is keeping the medal, a White House official later told outlets.

The Nobel Committee has insisted that the medal can`t be shared or transferred to others.

Machado`s medal gesture comes less than two weeks since the U.S. launched a military operation that killed approximately 100 people in Venezuela where forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at home in the middle of the night.

Since the attack, Trump has signaled his support for interim president Delcy Rodriguez, a Maduro ally, while declaring that Machado didn`t have "the support within, or the respect within" the country.

On Thursday, Trump described Machado as a "wonderful woman who has been through so much" and called it his "Great Honor" to meet her.

"María presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you María!" he wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.

María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”

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Social media users weighed in on the reported medal hand off, with one Bluesky user sarcastically calling it the "Nobel Appease Prize," an apparent nod to Trump`s repeated claims that he deserved the honor last year.