The chair of the Nobel Peace Prize committee responded Friday to President Trump's public pressure campaign to win the award, telling reporters that the deliberation process for choosing the awardee prioritizes courage and integrity.

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado as 2025’s prize winner, describing her as an “extraordinary example of civilian courage” in the face of a brutal and authoritarian state.

“This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates and that room is filled with both courage and integrity,” Frydnes said in response to a question on Trump’s intense lobbying........

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