Trump Keeps Olympic Gold Medal, Quipping He Won’t Return It

At a Wisconsin roundtable, Trump accepted Olympian Jordan Stolz’s gold medal and joked, 'I’m keeping it,' highlighting his penchant for prized trophies he didn’t win. The piece also recalls a January moment when Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal, a gift the Nobel Committee notes cannot be shared or transferred, underscoring Trump’s long-running belief that he deserves Nobel recognition despite the committee’s rules. The article frames these episodes as part of a pattern of Trump collecting and keeping symbolic prizes regardless of rightful ownership.