Machado says she 'presented' Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters on Thursday that she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump when the pair met at the White House.

Machado dedicated the prize to Trump when she first received it. The U.S. president has long lobbied for the award and has received multiple nominations for his role in ending myriad global conflicts.

“I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize,” she told reporters. She further recounted a historical episode in which Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette presented Simon Bolivar with a medal bearing the face of Washington.

Bolivar is a revered figure in multiple nations of South America. He founded Gran Colombia, which included most of modern Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.

Machado has courted the Trump administration in recent months, seeking support for a transition of power in Venezuela. Earlier this year, the U.S. extracted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a special operation.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.