María Corina Machado and the future of Venezuela pass through the White House this Thursday, but it doesn’t seem like it’s going to move after an appointment described as historic. This was dropped by the spokesperson for the US Government, who announced that Trump “has not changed” his rejection of Machado as a potential leader of the Caribbean country.
In the opinion of his spokesperson, who has given a preview of a long meeting that is still ongoing, Trump has insisted to María Corina that He believes that she does not have enough support in the country to lead the ongoing transition, as he publicly noted weeks ago. Yes, the US leader was open to push for an election that has recently been postponed a day.
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition and brand new Nobel Peace Prize She has been invited by Donald Trump to a lunch and meeting between the two, of a private nature, far from the hype of other presidential ‘audiences’. It is his second time in the White House, where he already went in 2005, then under the presidency of George W. Bush.
Machado’s gift… and love to Delcy
This Thursday’s meeting comes one day after the warm conversation between Trump and Delcy Rodríguez, the president in charge of Venezuela after the capture of Nicolás Maduro. He did not hesitate to affirm that it is a “great person.” During his lunch with Machado, another blow came from Washington to the opposition: in a statement, the White House affirms that Delcy Rodríguez “has complied with all the demands” of the United States so far.
But it also comes after numerous statements by Trump downplaying the relevance of the figure of María Corina Machado who, to Chavismo, did not allow her to run in the 2024 elections.
On January 3, after announcing the success of his operation in Caracas, the Republican president assured the press that Machado is “a very kind woman,” but “that does not have the support or respect within the country“.
In the background, a confrontation that Trump’s close circles do not deny, for consider that the Venezuelan activist ‘left’ him without the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, the rumors about whether he would ‘give it up’ during the meeting have not stopped ringing, until the medal giftwhich María Corina made upon her arrival at the White House.
