The Nobel Foundation, 18 January 2026

Statement from the Nobel Foundation

One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who… pic.twitter.com/WIadOBLtpD

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) January 18, 2026

… "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed.

It’s wild how political you’ve made the prize. María Corina Machado chose to celebrate her nation’s freedom after Trump removed its dictator by giving her medal to him. Why dishonor her and your prize by repeatedly issuing these statements?

— @amuse (@amuse) January 18, 2026