Let it not be for gifts. María Corina Machado arrived at the White House with a gift coveted by her host, Donald Trump. The brand new Nobel Peace Prize winner He offered the commemorative medal in his greeting of the award to the president of the United States, who aspired (or so he believed) to the Nobel Prize and who has not since then denied his disappointment at not receiving it.
There was much speculation about whether the Venezuelan opposition leader would any gesture towards Trump regarding the Nobel Peace Prizeeven if he would even offer to share it… something that the US president dropped as a good idea.
Machado has not reached that point, but he did want to entertain the tycoon before his relevant private meeting this Thursday at the White House. He has done so, he later clarified, as a gesture to recognize his “commitment to the freedom” of Venezuela.
Thus began an out-of-the-focus date in which both for the Venezuelan activist.
Thanks, but…: Trump’s negative response
Despite the initial gift, Trump has insisted on his particular ‘no’ to helping Machado to become the leader of Venezuela for the transition process that the country is experiencing since the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Between good words to the interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, Trump inside Venezuela.
According to the White House spokeswoman, Donald Trump would have opened up to supporting an upcoming election callcontrary to what was stated recently, since he had been repeating that there is no rush to hold new elections in the Caribbean country.
Despite the lack of support for him, Machado celebrated, at the end of their meeting, “count on President Trump for the liberation of Venezuela“This is how he conveyed it very briefly to the media who were waiting for him outside the White House, where he also wanted to convey the “President Trump’s commitment to the release of all political prisoners“.
