{"id":2530320,"date":"2026-01-06T03:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maria-machado-praises-trump-for-his-courageous-visions-and-historical-actions\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:19:01","slug":"maria-machado-praises-trump-for-his-courageous-visions-and-historical-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maria-machado-praises-trump-for-his-courageous-visions-and-historical-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Machado praises Trump for his \u2018courageous visions\u2019 and \u2018historical actions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaria-machado-praises-trump-for-his-courageous-visions-and-historical-actions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2530320&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, praised President Donald Trump for actions that led to the removal and arrest of Venezuela&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election ... Update: Michigan too\">de facto<\/a> leader Nicol\u00e1s Maduro on January 3, 2026. On X she declared, &#8220;Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived,&#8221; and on Fox News&#8217; Hannity she thanked Trump for his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rutgers-u-faculty-groups-support-prof-who-said-white-people-are-villains-that-must-be-taken-out\/\" title=\"Rutgers U. Faculty Groups Support Prof Who Said White ... Are &#039;Villains&#039; that Must Be &#039;Taken Out&#039;\">courageous vision<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;historical actions&#8221; against what she called a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >narco-terrorist regime<\/a>. Machado said those measures bring 30 million Venezuelans closer to freedom and make the United States safer. She reiterated that she had dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump in October and suggested the January 3 events further justified that dedication. Machado called the day a milestone-&#8220;the day justice defeated tyranny&#8221;-and described it as critically important for Venezuela and for global freedom and human dignity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Maria Machado praises Trump for his &lsquo;courageous visions&rsquo; and &lsquo;historical actions&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2464170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Venezuelan opposition leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4400705\/venezuela-opposition-leader-maria-machado-us-fulfilled-promise\/\">Maria Corina Machado<\/a> hailed President Donald Trump&rsquo;s effort to extract and arrest the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s de facto but illegitimate leader, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4406772\/maduro-pleads-not-guilty-new-york-drug-charges\/\">Nicolas Maduro<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On her X account on January 3rd, Machado <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/#inbox\/FMfcgzQfBGdkmPNdtkSXWPTjLjQcphpp\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a>, &ldquo;Venezuelans, the hour of freedom has arrived.&rdquo; On Monday, Machado appeared on <em>Hannity<\/em> on Fox News. She said that January 3, 2026, is a day that will be remembered forever in Venezuela as the day tyranny was defeated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4407777\/trump-tim-walz-criminally-liable-minnesota-fraud-leavitt\/\">Trump believes Walz &#8216;criminally liable&#8217; for Minnesota fraud scandal, Leavitt says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4407702\/rand-paul-trump-thrall-lindsey-graham-threats\/\">Paul says Trump &#8216;under the thrall&#8217; of Graham as president threatens several countries<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4407568\/trump-endorses-massie-challenger-ed-gallrein\/\">Trump urges &#8216;all MAGA Warriors&#8217; to back Massie challenger Ed Gallrein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>While speaking to Hannity, Machado was quite complimentary to Trump, praising him for his efforts to oust Maduro and bring him &ldquo;to justice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do want to say today, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, how grateful we are for his courageous vision, the actions, historical actions he has taken against this narco-terrorist regime to start dismantling this structure and bringing Maduro to justice, which means that 30 million Venezuelans are now closer to freedom, but also that the United States of America is a safer country nowadays,&rdquo; Machado said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaCorinaYA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MariaCorinaYA<\/a> SAYS MADURO BANNED HER FROM THE BALLOT BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were able to bring the country together to carry these elections organized by civil society with millions of people participating. And the fact is that, cowardly, he&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3m2ys39Yh3\">pic.twitter.com\/3m2ys39Yh3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Hannity &#127482;&#127480; (@seanhannity) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanhannity\/status\/2008376526203474139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Machado&rsquo;s words on Monday echo her sentiments from October after it was announced she was the recipient of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. She dedicated her award then to Trump because she felt he deserved it. Machado said she plans to repeat the dedication at some point in the future, especially because of his role in ousting Maduro.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I dedicated it to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/presidential\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Trump<\/a> because I believed at that point that he deserved it,&rdquo; Machado said. &ldquo;A lot of people, most people, said it was impossible to achieve what he has just done on Saturday, January 3.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, if I believe he deserved it in October, imagine now,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;I think he has proven to the world what he means.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4406577\/seven-things-criminal-case-against-nicolas-maduro-cilia-flores\/\">SEVEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MADURO AND HIS WIFE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also emphasized the importance of removing Maduro and the significance that January 3rd will have in Venezuela. She called it a move that should not only be honored by the people of Venezuela but all people, everywhere, and that it was a &ldquo;huge step for humanity.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;January 3rd will go down in history as the day justice defeated tyranny,&rdquo; said Machado. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a milestone, and it&rsquo;s not only huge for the Venezuelan people and our future, I think it&rsquo;s a huge step for humanity, for freedom, and human dignity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machado praises Trump for ousting Maduro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2530321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25283332522572.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32319,64941,61654],"class_list":["post-2530320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-donald-trump","tag-maria-corina-machado","tag-political-praise"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP25283332522572.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2530324,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530320\/revisions\/2530324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2530321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}