WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honoring her “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.”

The White House responded bitterly, with communications director Steven Cheung saying members of “the Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace" because they didn't recognize Trump.

“He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the

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