Maria Corina Machado thought she had all her ducks lined up in a row. She must have been all but certain Donald Trump was going to depose Nicolás Maduro one way or another and presumed she was the natural replacement.
Being garlanded with the Nobel Peace Prize only cemented that, granting her fawning coverage across liberal and conservative media. There was the minor wrinkle that Trump himself had coveted the Nobel Prize, but as she’d effusively praised him in her acceptance speech and been a stalwart supporter, he’d definitely see reason on this. Right?
