"If there's one thing Donald Trump loves, it's unrestrained praise and the trinkets that go with it. Throughout his second term, world leaders have taken to showering him with gifts in an effort to curry favor; Apple's CEO even went so far as to present him with a custom-made plaque after Trump threatened to slap tariffs on the company. On Thursday, Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado followed suit by presenting Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize he's long coveted."
""Trump loves awards. He really loves giving him an award; it's the only way to get him to do anything. And with that said, Mr. President, I have an offer I think you're going to find difficult to refuse," Kimmel stated. "If, and only if, you agree to pull ICE out of Minneapolis and put them back at the borders where they belong, I am prepared to offer you one of the following trophies that I have been honored with over the years.""
""First off, the daytime Emmy I won for best game show host in 1999-that could be yours. Or perhaps you would prefer my Clio Award for my work selling crap to people. Or my Webby Award, the most prestigious award the internet can give. Or my Writer's Guild Award; this is a good one, you can see it looks nice."
Donald Trump routinely receives lavish praise and gifts from world leaders during his second term. Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, presented her Nobel medal to Trump despite the honor being non-transferable, aiming to secure U.S. support for her bid to lead Venezuela. In response, Jimmy Kimmel proposed a quid pro quo: he offered to hand over multiple personal awards — including a daytime Emmy, a Clio, a Webby, a Writer's Guild Award, and a 2015 Soul Train Award — if ICE is withdrawn from Minneapolis and redeployed to the borders, offering personal delivery to the Oval Office.
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