{"id":2539521,"date":"2026-01-16T15:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-it-was-very-nice-of-machado-to-give-me-her-nobel-peace-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:58:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:58:04","slug":"trump-it-was-very-nice-of-machado-to-give-me-her-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-it-was-very-nice-of-machado-to-give-me-her-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: It was &#8216;very nice&#8217; of Machado to give me her Nobel Peace Prize"},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-it-was-very-nice-of-machado-to-give-me-her-nobel-peace-prize%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=2539521&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>President Donald Trump said it was &#8220;very nice&#8221; that Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize during a White House lunch, calling her &#8220;a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-judge-jackson-clearly-is-firmly-placed-in-the-progressive-wing-of-the-democrat-party\/\" title=\"Blackburn: &#039;Judge Jackson Clearly Is Firmly Placed in the Progressive Wing of the Democrat Party&#039;\">fine woman<\/a>&#8221; adn praising her recognition of his record. Machado told reporters she gifted the prize to honour his &#8220;unique commitment with our freedom.&#8221; The meeting came as the management weighs how to handle Venezuela after Trump ordered action against former dictator Nicol\u00e1s Maduro; Trump voiced doubts about Machado&#8217;s ability to lead and expressed a preference for acting president Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, citing concerns that sweeping purges &#8211; as he described happened in Iraq &#8211; can lead to chaos. Trump also dismissed reports that Israel and Arab leaders urged him not to strike Iran, saying recent cancellations of mass executions influenced his thinking. He downplayed but did not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act to quell protests, posting on Truth social that he would use it if state officials failed to control alleged agitators in Minnesota.  <\/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\">Trump: It was &lsquo;very nice&rsquo; of Machado to give me her Nobel Peace Prize<\/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_2475521\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> said it was &ldquo;very nice&rdquo; of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/venezuela\/\">Venezuela<\/a> opposition leader Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado to present him with her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nobel-peace-prize\/\">Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Machado was at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> on Thursday for lunch with Trump as his administration considers how best to deal with Venezuela after he ordered the capture of former Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro earlier this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4422137\/trump-to-pardon-former-puerto-rico-governor-convicted-corruption-charges\/\">Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico governor convicted on corruption charges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422332\/watch-live-trump-attends-dedication-ceremony-in-florida\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump attends dedication ceremony in Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4422147\/melania-trump-encourages-ai-says-cant-replace-humans\/\">Melania Trump encourages AI use, says it can&#8217;t replace humans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, she offered it to me,&rdquo; Trump said Friday. &ldquo;I thought it was very nice. She said, &lsquo;You know, you&rsquo;ve ended eight wars, and nobody deserves this prize more than &mdash; in history &mdash; than you do.&rsquo; And I thought it was a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/geraldo-rivera-call-virus-vaccine-the-trump-to-credit-him\/\" title=\"Geraldo Rivera: Call Virus Vaccine \u2018The ...\u2019 to Credit Him\">nice gesture<\/a>. And by the way, I think she&rsquo;s a very fine woman, and we&rsquo;ll be talking again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who has publicly campaigned for the prize, has cast doubt on Machado&rsquo;s ability to lead Venezuela in Maduro&rsquo;s absence, indicating his preference for Maduro&rsquo;s former vice president, acting President&nbsp;Delcy Rodr&iacute;guez, with whom he also spoke on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he prefers Rodr&iacute;guez to remain Venezuela&rsquo;s president, despite support for Machado, Trump cited <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\">Iraq<\/a>, saying, &ldquo;Everybody was fired, every single person, the police, the generals, everybody was fired, and they ended up being <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/isis\/\">ISIS<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Instead of just getting down to business, they ended up being ISIS,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So I remember that. But I&rsquo;ll tell you, I had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-recounts-great-private-meeting-with-desantis-focused-on-taking-back-our-country\/\" title=\"... describes a &#039;great&#039; private ... with DeSantis centered on &#039;taking back our Country.\">great meeting yesterday<\/a> by a person who I have a lot of respect for, and she has respect, obviously, for me and our country, and she gave me her Nobel Prize. But I&rsquo;ll tell you what&mdash; I got to know her. I never met her before, and I was very, very impressed. She&rsquo;s a really &mdash; this is a fine woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House on Thursday shared an image of Trump meeting with Machado, with Machado telling reporters on Capitol Hill she did so in &ldquo;recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom.&rdquo;<\/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\">President Donald J. Trump meets with Mar&iacute;a Corina Machado of Venezuela in the Oval Office, during which she presented the President with her Nobel Peace Prize in recognition and honor.&#128330;&#65039; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7pYHjVNVO\">pic.twitter.com\/v7pYHjVNVO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2012006221340164338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 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>As he departed the White House for a long weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his private resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, Trump also dismissed reports that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\">Israel<\/a> and Arab state leaders implored him not to strike <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> amid unprecedented protests across that country and the Iranian regime&rsquo;s crackdown on them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself. You had yesterday scheduled over 800 hangings. They didn&rsquo;t hang anyone. They canceled the hangings. That had a big impact,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>During the brief, informal press conference, Trump downplayed speculation that he stoked that he would invoke the Insurrection Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >end anti-immigration enforcement demonstrations<\/a> in Minneapolis after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot protester Renee Good this month.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4417663\/trump-administration-united-front-iran-decision\/\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS UNITED FRONT AS PRESIDENT WEIGHS IRAN OPTIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been used a lot, and if I needed it, I&rsquo;d use it. I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think there&rsquo;s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I&rsquo;d use it. It&rsquo;s very powerful,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote in a Truth Social post this week that, &ldquo;If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don&rsquo;t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.&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>Trump: Machado &#8216;very nice&#8217; to give me Nobel Peace Prize<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2539522,"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\/2026\/01\/AP26016643865177.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[19794,42801,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2539521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-machado","tag-nobel-peace-prize","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26016643865177.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539521","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2539521"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2539525,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539521\/revisions\/2539525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2539522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}