Machado was at the White House on Thursday for lunch with Trump as his administration considers how best to deal with Venezuela after he ordered the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro earlier this month.
“Well, she offered it to me,” Trump said Friday. “I thought it was very nice. She said, ‘You know, you’ve ended eight wars, and nobody deserves this prize more than — in history — than you do.’ And I thought it was a very nice gesture. And by the way, I think she’s a very fine woman, and we’ll be talking again.”
Trump, who has publicly campaigned for the prize, has cast doubt on Machado’s ability to lead Venezuela in Maduro’s absence, indicating his preference for Maduro’s former vice
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