00:00Welcome back. U.S. President Donald Trump says he expects to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Washington next week.
00:08The move comes as questions mount over Venezuela's political future following the capture of Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces.
00:17Let me ask you about Maria Corina Machado.
00:22She said to me this week, both on TV and radio, that she wants to give the Nobel Prize.
00:29Her Nobel Peace Prize to you for liberating her country.
00:33Do you have any plans to meet with her? And would you accept the Nobel Prize she wants to hand to you?
00:39Well, I understand she's coming in next week sometime.
00:43And I look forward to saying hello to her. And I've heard that she wants to do that. That would be a great honor.
00:48Trump has previously cast doubt on Machado's political base inside Venezuela,
00:53saying she does not have enough support or respect within the country.
00:57Since Maduro's capture, Trump's team has negotiated directly with Delce Rodriguez,
01:04Maduro's former vice president and now interim leader,
01:07with Trump saying he planned to work with her as the U.S. oversees Venezuela before a peaceful transition of power.
01:14They need a lot of help.
01:15They need a lot of help.
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