Venezuelan Nobel Prize Winner Would ‘Love’ To Give Trump Her Award Despite Him Not Supporting Her

“So if I believe he deserved it on October, imagine now,” María Corina Machado said on Fox News.

Venezuela opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she would personally “love” to give President Donald Trump her prestigious award after the U.S. captured the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in a military operation Saturday.

“I certainly would love to be able to personally tell him that we believe 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 told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday.

Machado’s remark follows the aftermath of Saturday’s military strike in Venezuela, where Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured by U.S. forces in the middle of the night. The ousted Venezuelan leader was taken to the U.S., where he is facing narco-terrorism-related charges, and pleaded not guilty Monday.

While Trump and his allies have boasted about the military operation in Venezuela, and stated that the U.S will run the country until “a safe, proper, and judicious transition,” critics slammed the administration for not informing Congress of their intentions.

Some of Trump’s fellow Republicans are seeking more clarification on what he meant by the U.S “running” Venezuela, as the future of its leadership remains unclear.