Name: Machado gives Trump her Nobel Prize medallion at White House meeting
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Description: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Trump with her real Nobel Peace Prize medallion during her visit to the White House on Thursday.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Trump with her real Nobel Peace Prize medallion during her visit to the White House on Thursday.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Carina Machado met with President Trump at the White House, where she presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize medallion. This gesture comes amid ongoing U.S. efforts to tighten control over Venezuela's oil industry, including the recent seizure of a sixth oil tanker and the announcement of the first U.S. sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million.

Machado, who is seeking to lead Venezuela, has dedicated her Nobel award to Trump in an effort to gain his support. The White House reiterated its commitment to a democratic transition in Venezuela, though no timeline for elections was provided. The Nobel Peace Center clarified that while the medallion can change hands, the title of laureate remains with the original recipient.

Machado gives Trump her Nobel Prize medallion at White House meeting

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Carina Machado brought her Nobel Peace Prize medallion to the White House today and gave it to President Trump, while in the Caribbean, U.S. forces seized another oil tanker as the president seeks to tighten control over Venezuela's oil industry. Weijia Chang is at the White House for us following this and all of it. Weijia, good evening. Good evening, Tony. The administration has now seized six oil tankers and just announced the first U.S. sale of Venezuelan oil valued at $500 million, but the future of the Venezuelan government remains unclear. Maria Carina Machado is hoping to change that. New video shows U.S. Marines and sailors slipping onto the ship in the middle of the night, guns drawn as they seized another sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela. President Trump has said the U.S. will control Venezuela's oil reserves and the country itself, although he has recognized interim President Delce Rodriguez, Nicolas Maduro's former deputy, as its current leader. She's a terrific person. I mean, she's somebody that we've worked with very well. Today, Trump hosted the woman who would like to replace Rodriguez, opposition leader Maria Carina Machado, who was mobbed outside the White House by supporters. Machado, who received the most recent Nobel Peace Prize, an award Trump has said he deserved, gave him the medal during their private meeting. I presented the President of the United States the medal of the Nobel Peace Prize. A recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom. The move may have been designed to win Trump over after he previously said it would be hard for her to lead Venezuela because she lacks respect from its citizens and that he would like to see elections there in the future. Is he committed to a transition to democracy for Venezuela? Yes, and he is also committed to hopefully seeing elections in Venezuela one day, but I don't have an updated timetable for you today. Weijia, back to this Nobel Peace Prize medallion, the idea of Machado giving it to President Trump, that's an extraordinary move. What more can you tell us? Well, Tony, President Trump has made very clear that he is not happy about not winning the award. Even when Machado was first announced as the recipient, she dedicated that Nobel to Trump, laying the groundwork to gain his support as she aims to become Venezuela's future president. But even before their meeting today, the Nobel Peace Center posted on social media, a medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot. Tony?

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