"Hours after the U.S. struck Caracas and ousted Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, Trump said that while Machado's stand-in candidate won more than two-thirds of the vote in Venezuela's last election, "It'd be very tough for her to be the leader," because she "doesn't have the support or the respect within the country.""
""If she had turned it down and said, 'I can't accept it because it's Donald Trump's,' she'd be the president of Venezuela today," this person said."
""It hasn't happened yet," she said. "But I would love to be able to personally tell him ... certainly the Venezuelan people want to give it to him. What he has done is historic; it is a huge step toward a democratic transition.""
Donald Trump sought the Nobel Peace Prize and his administration attacked the Nobel Committee for putting "politics over peace" when it went to María Corina Machado rather than him. Machado dedicated the prize to Trump and the suffering people of Venezuela. After a U.S. intervention that ousted Nicolás Maduro, Trump questioned Machado's ability to lead, saying she lacked support and respect within the country. White House sources said Trump resented Machado for accepting the Nobel and suggested that refusing it could have improved her chances. Machado expressed willingness to personally give the prize to Trump and praised his role toward a democratic transition.
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