The ladies of “The View” have weighed in on the possibility of President Donald Trump receiving María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize.
On Monday’s show, the panel recounted how Trump believes Machado could transfer her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to him while she’s in Washington, D.C., later this week, Mediaite reported.
Last week, Trump said, “I can’t think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel Prize more than me.”
The president has also said he would be honored to accept the award if Machado offers it to him.
“I certainly would love to be able to personally tell [Trump] that we believe — the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people — certainly want to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado told Fox News last week.
But the Nobel Committee has quashed such aspirations.
“Well, here is what happened with that — The Nobel committee said that’s not going to happen,” Whoopi Goldberg said, followed by applause from the audience.
“And they’re very clear,” Goldberg said. “They say once a Nobel prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, transferred to others. The decision is final and it stands from now until forever!”
The panel then likened it to awards Goldberg has received.
“You mean you can’t share your Oscar with me?” Sunny Hostin asked in jest.
“Can I have your Tony?” Alyssa Farah Griffin added.
“I don’t mind sharing because they are wonderful things, but, that’s not the same,” Goldberg said.
“Will the Academy recognize me?” Hostin asked.
“You don’t transfer,” Sara Haines said.
“We’re talking about, I’m going to give you my thing. That’s me giving it to you. That’s not —,” Goldberg said.
“Not the Academy giving it,” Hostin said.
“Not the Academy, not the Nobel Peace Prize people giving it to you,” Goldberg continued.
Hostin then hypothesized why Machado would be willing to give her prize to Trump.
“One of the reasons why [Machado] is now saying that she will give it to him, she will share it with him, is because she wants to be president of Venezuela,” Hostin said.
Ana Navarro then weighed in, stating, “When I saw this interview on “Hannity” I didn’t think anything about it was impromptu. I think this was arranged because, who watches Fox News? Who watches “Hannity?”Donald Trump watches. I think that interview was for an audience of one.”
“Look, you know, I have a ribbon I won in the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair in 1994 for writing a haiku. If it means he will shut up, start acting like a real president and support real democratic transition in Venezuela, I will gladly pitch it in,” Navarro added.
