Venezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado said she presented U.S. President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during a White House meeting on Thursday, as the two discussed Venezuelaโs political future despite Trumpโs past doubts about her leadership prospects following the capture of then-President Nicolas Maduro in a U.S. military raid.
Visiting Trump presented something of a physical risk for Machado, whose whereabouts have been largely unknown since she left her country last year after being briefly detained in Caracas. Nevertheless, after a closed-door discussion with Trump, she greeted dozens of cheering supporters waiting for her near the gates -stopping to hug many.
"We can count on President Trump,โ she told them, prompting some to briefly chant "Thank you, Trump,โ but she didn't elaborate.
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