Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told reporters she presented the medal for her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump at a private White House meeting on Thursday, but did not say if he accepted it.

“I think today is a historic day for us Venezuelans,” she said after the meeting with Trump, the first time the two have met in-person.

  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I mean, what does a trophy matter in the long run if it means her country and people might be left alone by a madman? She still was the one who was awarded the Nobel and Trump can’t take that away from her.

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      3 days ago

      She’s not doing it in the interest of Venezuela. She’s doing it so that he’ll make her the puppet leader of Venezuela. She’s not Gandhi; she’s Vidkun Quisling.

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      2 days ago

      To be clear, she was praising Trump long before the events of this month. She never wanted the country or her people to be left alone, she wanted all this to happen so she could suck up to him and be installed. Did she have a hand in actually making it (the war and the Maduro kidnapping) happen? Probably not, but she was dealt the exact hand she wanted so now she can enjoy it.