When Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize, she dedicated it to President Donald Trump. Now, she “love” to “personally” give it to him.
Machado told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday night that Trump earned the prize after the U.S. captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro Saturday.
She said that day will be remembered as the “day that justice defeated tyranny,” The New York Post reported.
Machado, who has been living in hiding under Maduro’s regime, said she has not spoken to Trump since the Nobel Peace Prize was announced Oct. 10.
She received the prize for her fight against what the Maduro.
“Let me be very clear,” Machado told Hannity, “as soon as I learned that we had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, I dedicated to Trump because I knew at that point, he deserved it. And lot of people, most people said it was impossible to achieve what he has just done on Saturday, January 3rd. And so, I believe he deserved it.”
She called what happened Saturday “a huge step for humanity.”
“January 3 will go down in history as the day justice defeated tyranny,” she said. “It’s a milestone, and it’s not only huge for the Venezuelan people and our future, I think it’s a huge step for humanity, for freedom, and human dignity.”
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When asked if she ever offered the prize to Trump, Machado said she hadn’t it May happen.
“It hasn’t happened yet, but I would certainly love to be able to personally tell him that we, the Venezuelan people — because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people — certainly want to give it to him and share it with him,” Machado said.
Trump, however, told the Post he does not believe she has “the support of the people that she has to have.”
Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, was sworn in as the country’s interim president Monday.
The Central Intelligence Agency believes Machado would have a hard time establishing control over the government Maduro ruled for over 10 years. She would probably face resistance from his paramilitary groups.
Maduro claimed Monday he was “kidnapped,” adding, “I am a decent man.”
