President Donald Trump assured this Thursday that the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, María Corina Machado, “gave him” her Nobel Peace Prize during their private meeting at the White House.
Trump, in a publication on his official Truth Social account, said that it was “a great honor” to meet Machado and that he “presented” him with the award badge due to the “work” he has done during his administration.
The president added that Machado is “a wonderful woman who has been through a lot” and that the awarding of the Nobel Prize is a “wonderful gesture of mutual respect.”
Machado had announced that he offered Trump the Nobel Peace medal during their first meeting in Washington, 12 days after the US military forces carried out a mission in Caracas to capture the president, Nicolás Maduro, who is in a prison in New York accused of drug trafficking.
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Before the president met with Machado, the Nobel organization had published on its X account that the prize is not transferable.
Despite the meeting between the opposition leader and Trump, the Republican administration insisted this Thursday that the Venezuelan executive currently led by Delcy Rodríguez is doing a good job complying with Washington’s demands, highlighting the oil issue.
With information from EFE
