The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee weighed in on President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize that belonged to the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Senator Mark Warner described the move as 'silly' while also questioning Trump's strategy on Venezuela after US soldiers seized its leader, Nicholas Maduro.
Speaking on CBS Face the Nation, Warner, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, commented on Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Prize during her White House visit on 15 January. 'Let me be clear: The Biden administration screwed up in 2024 when the Venezuelan people voted overwhelmingly to throw out Maduro and we didn't push him out,' Warner said. 'But to suddenly say to the leader, Machado, which was the leader of the Venezuelan opposition – who got the Nobel Prize – I mean, does President Trump not realise he looks kind of silly taking that prize from her as she tries to basically suck up to him?'
