Venezuelan freedom fighter Maria Corina Machado hailed President Donald Trump as “the heir” to the legendary U.S. Founding Father George Washington while presenting him with the Nobel Peace Prize medal she received in October.
During a press scrum outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Machado explained the impetus behind her gracious gesture.
“I presented the president of the United States the medal … the Nobel Peace Prize, and I told him, ‘Listen to this: 200 years ago, General Lafayette gave Simon Bolivar a medal with George Washington’s face on it,” Machado said.
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“Bolivar kept that medal for the rest of his life. Actually, when you see his portraits, you can see the medal.”
She continued: “It was given by Lafayette as a sign of the
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