In a stunning recalibration of US policy toward Venezuela, President Donald Trump has publicly sidelined 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado from his administration's post-Maduro plan, allegedly after she accepted her peace prize; a decision insiders say he saw as a personal affront.
Days after US special operations forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and flew him to New York to face federal narcotics and weapons charges, Trump declared that the United States would 'run' Venezuela temporarily, only to bluntly dismiss Machado's claims to leadership once again.
