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The Nobel Committee has gone political again, snubbing President Donald Trump for its noted Peace prize, instead choosing a prominent opposition leader in Venezuela.

The winner, announced Thursday, is Maria Corina Machado.

The agenda of those in the international organization that picks its favorites to honor appeared when Barack Obama was elected, and within months was given the prize for his work to push "cooperation" among nations.

Then at Trump's first term, the organization passed over his stunning precedents in the Middle East with his Abraham Accords, which established recognized and peaceful relations between multiple Arab neighbors and Israel.

The White House response to Friday's decision was, in a statement released by spokesman Steen Cheung, "President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace."

Trump himself has listed his work toward peace, not the least of which was this week's announcement of a ceasefire in the war Hamas terrorists launched against Israel on October 7, 2023, when they invaded the Middle East democracy and slaughtered some 1,200 residents, kidnapping hundreds more.

The few remaining hostages, under the deal brokered by Trump are supposed to be released in the coming days.

Trump also has noted his work to broker peace arrangements between the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of Rwanda. Also he's worked to prevent violence between India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia. He's also worked diligently to end the massive death and destruction raging in the ware between Russia and Ukraine.

The Nobel Committee gave Machado the award, citing "courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist" authoritarianism.

Commenters, however, noted that Trump could be eligible for next year's award.

Machado has been an opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a position supported by the Trump administration also.

Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chief of the Nobel committee, said Machado was picked "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy."

In the significant advance to peace in the Middle East reached just this week, both sides, Israel and Hamas terrorists, agreed to the first phase of Trump's plan to pause fighting and release hostages.

Trump, over his two terms in office, has been nominated for the award more than 10 times, by Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, a Ukrainian politician, as well as legislators from the US, Sweden, and Norway.

Fox News analyst Brit Hume had suggested before the announcement that Trump should easily win.

"This is a big day and a big deal and the president is talking about, what Monday and Tuesday, he said, that will be exciting indeed and I think, you know, discussing the Nobel Peace Prize is interesting. It's a little puzzling to me why he would want it, because the Nobel Peace Prize to evenhanded observers robbed itself of a great deal of credibility when the prize was given to Barack Obama when he had done absolutely nothing besides get elected."

"The president has been trying to bring peace, this president has tried to bring peace all over the world and a number of conflicts have stopped in no small part because of his efforts," Hume said. "If the Barack Obama standard is the standard, the president should be a shoo-in, but I wouldn't count on it."