By EFE
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured this Thursday that when the Venezuelan opponent María Corina Machado gave him the Nobel Peace Prize he told her that she “did not deserve it,” while once again emphasizing that he has resolved several wars.
“Maria (Corina Machado) was very kind. She gave me her Nobel Peace Prize because she said she didn’t deserve it. He was very, very kind. But I solved eight wars and, in all cases, people – prime ministers or presidents – wrote me letters thanking me,” said the Republican during an event in the Oval Office.
Trump began talking about the Venezuelan activist and opponent without having been specifically asked about her.
The president began to talk about his efforts to impose peace worldwide when asked about the Space Forcethe branch of the US Armed Forces in charge of operating in the space field that he established in 2019, during his first term.
“When it comes to peace, I solved eight wars; people try to question it, but then they analyze it and, in almost all cases, they have sent letters thanking meas well as letters to the Nobel Committee. Although that doesn’t matter to me,” Trump said just before mentioning María Corina Machado.
On January 15, Machado presented the New York magnate with the Nobel Peace Prize medal he won in 2025 during a private meeting at the White House.
Machado, who has repeatedly praised Trump and especially the operation to kidnap former Venezuelan president Nicolás Madurohas been criticized for the gesture due to the record of the US president, who, in the last year alone, has started a war against Iran, has activated a summary execution operation against ships that supposedly traffic drugs in the Caribbean and the Pacific or implemented aggressive campaigns against migrants in the US.
After Maduro’s capture, The Republican has praised the figure of Machado but has insisted on supporting an interim presidency in Venezuela of the Chavista Delcy Rodríguez, which he has said is doing an excellent job and cooperating fully with the dictates of Washington.
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