American President Donald Trump confirmed that he spoke, this Friday (10), with the Nobel Peace Prize winner, María Corina Machado, adding that she was “very nice” on the call.
“The person who actually received the Nobel Prize called today, called me and said, ‘” the president said.
“A very nice thing to do. I didn’t say ‘then give it to me’, although I think she could have done that. She was very nice,” joked the president.
“I’ve been helping her,” Trump added. “They need a lot of help in Venezuela, it’s a basic disaster. So, and you could also say it was granted by 2024 and I was running for office in 2024.”
Trump does not hide his desire to win the prize. A growing number of world leaders have also said he should win the award.
Those calls have grown as his ceasefire plan for Gaza has gained momentum in recent days. However,
This Friday (10), the Nobel Committee announced that the 2025 prize is “for his struggle to achieve a fair and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy”.
Machado said in an interview with Spanish newspaper El País that he had spoken with the US president, but refused to give details about the conversation.
The opposition leader, as in her post accepting the award, expressed gratitude to Trump.
