María Corina Machado may have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but she is dedicating it to President Donald Trump.
Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, praised Trump in an interview on on “Fox & Friends Weekend” Sunday, per Mediaite.
Machado received the honor for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
“I decided to dedicate to President Trump because he deserves it, because not only has he been involved in only a few months in solving eight wars, but his actions have been decisive to have Venezuela now at a threshold of freedom,” she said “After 26 years of tyranny that have destroyed the lives of millions of Venezuelans, destabilized the region, and undermined institutions in the United States because having Venezuela as a safe haven of the enemies of the United States and using our territory and our resources hurt the American people and American institutions is certainly a threat.”
She said Trump is “courageous” in his support of her movement against the Venezuelan regime.
“President Trump has been very clear [and] courageous in terms of dismantling this criminal structure,” she said. “On behalf of the Venezuelan people, I reaffirmed our gratitude and our commitment to this cause for the whole America so I insist he deserves it and we are very proud to be working at this moment with all these allies.”
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Trump spoke about talking with Machado Friday, per CNN.
“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me and said, ‘I’m accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it,’” Trump said.
“A very nice thing to do. I didn’t, I didn’t say, ‘Then give it to me,’ though I think she might have. She was very nice,” the president joked.
“I’ve been helping her along the way,” Trump said. “They need a lot of help in Venezuela, it’s a basic disaster. So, and you could also say it was given out for ’24 and I was running for office in ‘24.”
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Trump has lobbied for himself to get the award and many were disheartened when he did not get it.
“The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace,” White House communications director Steven Cheung posted on X.
