oci Donald Trump recently questioned the authority of María Corina Machado, he will receive her in the White House next week. The main topic is not only the future of Venezuela after the detention of Nicolás Maduro, but also the controversial plan to “share” the Nobel Peace Prize, which the American president has long desired.
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday night that he will meet with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition María Corina Machado in Washington next week. He would consider it a great honor if Machadová presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize during this visit, as she promised. This was reported by the AFP agency and The Guardian newspaper, writes TASR.
- Trump will meet with the leader of the Venezuelan opposition Machado.
- Machadová plans to return to Venezuela.
- Trump would like to accept the Nobel Prize from Machado.
- Machadová welcomed the US intervention against President Maduro.
- Delcy Rodríguez is the interim president of Venezuela.
Machadová declared that she wants to return to Venezuela as soon as possible
“I found out she’s coming sometime next week. I’m looking forward to greeting her,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News about Machado, who he described as a very nice person.
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate announced on Monday that she plans to return to Venezuela as soon as possible. She left her homeland in December to receive the award in Norway, and has not returned since then. According to her, she last spoke with Trump on October 10, 2025, the day of the award ceremony. It was finally taken over in Oslo by her daughter Ana Corina Sosa Machadová in Machado’s name.
Machadová welcomes the US intervention
Trump has already complained several times that he did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. For example, on Wednesday he criticized Norway – a NATO member state – for “unreasonably” deciding not to award him the prize. Machadova said in an interview with Fox News on Monday that she would like to share the award with Trump. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee reminded that handing over or transferring the prize to another person is not possible.
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition has previously welcomed the United States’ military intervention in Venezuela, which led to the detention of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. She called the operation a “huge step for humanity, for freedom and human dignity.” On Saturday, after the intervention, Trump declared that he does not plan to work with Machado because, according to him, “she has no support or respect” in Venezuela.
In Venezuela, meanwhile, current Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who is required by Washington to follow the Trump administration’s instructions, is the interim president.
