Venezuela leader just gave Trump her Nobel. He kept the medal — and backed her rivals
- David E Sanger
- New York Times Jan 17, 2026, 17:26 IST IST
WASHINGTON: Ever since US President Donald Trump first took office in 2017, he has been obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize, and has made no effort to hide his deep sense of injustice that US President Barack Obama won it in 2009 for, in the eyes of the Nobel committee, his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.