Donald Trump says Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado called him after winning the Nobel. Photo: AP PHOTO

US President Donald Trump says Nobel Prize winner Maria Corina Machado called him and told him she accepted the prize in his honour.

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The White House had earlier criticised the Nobel Committee's decision to grant the peace prize to the Venezuelan opposition leader instead of Trump, accusing it of choosing "politics over peace".

Trump had aggressively lobbied for the award and touted his role in brokering international ceasefire deals.

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