Late-night talk show hosts, political pundits, and web commenters are making fun of President Donald Trump for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize medal belonging to Venezuela opposition leader Mara Corina Machado. Machado gave her medal to Trump on Thursday at the White House after he dismissed the idea of her leading Venezuela following Trumps illegal January 3 arrest of the countrys President Nicols Maduro.Numerous web commenters have noted the irony of Trump recieving the peace prize after illegally invading Venezuela; repeatedly threatening to take over Greenland; using Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to kill innocent Americans in the U.S.; bombing Iran, Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia, Syria; and largely encouraging Israel to commit genocide against Palestinians. Though Trump claimed to have ended eight wars, fact-checkers call that claim exaggerated. Related This is pathetic: FIFA awards fake peace prize to Trump Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Late Night Host Jimmy Kimmel joked, You know [Trumps] in the Oval Office sucking on it like a pacifier, and said that Machado left the White House with a Make America Great Again mug. He also offered Trump one of his past awards including a Daytime Emmy, a Cleo Award, or his 2015 Soul Train Award for White Person of the Year if he promises to pull ICE out of Minneapolis.Stephen Colberts audience booed when he announced that Machado had given her award to Trump. But Colbert said the award could possibly cheer Trump up seeing as Trump recently sent his followers a money beg email proclaiming, Im alone and in the dark. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that Machados giving her prize to Trump violates Nobel rules, as a Nobel Prize can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others, AlterNet reported.Economist and former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman mocked Trump in a Friday Substack post in which he wrote, Its a Nobel medal, a symbol of the honor, not the honor itself. Only a vain, insecure fool would imagine that blackmailing someone into handing their medal over adds to his stature.MS NOW host and former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki said, He behaves like a petulant toddler who cries and whines because some other kid got a trophy and he didnt The winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize literally had to hand that prize over to our butthurt president in order to try and secure the future of her own country. And it was not just some gesture that Machado came up with to flatter Trump, Psaki added. Trump has been incredibly vocal about the fact that he felt he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize last year.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) noted that Trump said Machado gave him her medal in recognition of the work I have done, and assed, Well, if somebody gives [Trump] a Super Bowl ring, hell be convinced he was the greatest football player who ever played in the NFL.Everybody is tiptoeing around the king, and nobody wants to say the emperors got no clothes, whos in his immediate vicinity, Raskin said. So theyd rather, you know, turn over their peace prizes and try to lure him into doing the right thing. @Number10cat, a commenter on the social media platform X, clowned Trump by tagging Riley Gaines, a transphobic activist who has accused biological men (transgender women) of stealing sports trophies from cisgender female athletes.Showing a picture of Trump taking the framed medal from Machado, @Number10cat wrote, @Riley_Gaines_ A disturbing example of a man claiming a medal that belongs to a woman; you must be furious.@Riley_Gaines_ A disturbing example of a man claiming a medal that belongs to a woman; you must be furious https://t.co/UlQVpKwwXj Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) January 16, 2026Various Norweigian political figures called the transfer of the prize disrespectful and pathetic, with one calling it incredibly embarrassing and damaging to one of the worlds most respected and important prizes.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.