Nobel Winner Machado Congratulated by Trump, Praises Him (3)

Oct. 10, 2025, 10:59 PM UTC

Donald Trump called Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado to congratulate her for her Nobel Peace Prize, even as a White House official complained that the US president not receiving the award was political.

“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me and said, ‘I’m accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.’ A very nice thing to do,” Trump said. “I didn’t say, then give it to me — though I think she might have,” he added with a smile.

The call, the first between the two, went well and was extensive, ...

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