U.S. President Donald Trump accepted Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize medal at a White House meeting on Thursday as she tries to get back in his good graces while the future of her country is being shaped by the United States.
Trump, in a social media post hours later, called it a “great honor” to meet Machado, and described her as a “wonderful woman who has been through so much.”
“Maria presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done,” Trump said. “Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Maria!” Trump accepted the medal, according to a White House official.
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