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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado reveals why she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal
nypost.com ^ | Jan. 16, 2026 | By Samuel Chamberlain

Posted on 01/16/2026 5:19:37 AM PST by V_TWIN

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María Corina Machado says she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize 'he deserves it' Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado had a simple explanation for why she gifted President Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal at the White House Thursday.

“Because he deserves it,” Machado told “Fox & Friends” during an interview that aired Friday morning. “And, um, it was a very emotional moment.”

Machado, 58, added that she had presented Trump, 79, with the medal in a frame “on behalf of the people of Venezuela” following the Jan. 3 arrest of socialist authoritarian president Nicolas Maduro on federal drug and weapons charges in a daring special forces raid on Caracas.

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1 posted on 01/16/2026 5:19:37 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

This should be considered complete vindication (if it were necessary to begin with) but Dems will spin it. The View has their work cut out for them


2 posted on 01/16/2026 5:22:32 AM PST by albie
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To: V_TWIN

Good political instincts on several levels.


3 posted on 01/16/2026 5:57:56 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: V_TWIN

Looking at the framing....I’d say she put some thought into it....


4 posted on 01/16/2026 6:05:11 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: albie

Trump deserved the prize, but I hope he doesn’t crave it. He doesn’t need the applause of the wokesters who award those prizes.


5 posted on 01/16/2026 6:06:03 AM PST by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: V_TWIN

President Trump has a Nobel Peace Prize!

I know he always wanted one…

;-)


6 posted on 01/16/2026 7:10:25 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam v. communism: Which is worse for mankind? Discuss…)
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To: V_TWIN

Machado about nothing?


7 posted on 01/16/2026 7:36:54 AM PST by GSWarrior
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