BySara Dorn,
Forbes Staff.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, weeks after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a stunning raid that effectively toppled his regime.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, moments after the meeting began, that Trump was “expecting it to be a good and positive discussion” about “the realities on the ground in the country and what is taking place,” calling Machado “a really remarkable and brave voice for many of the people of Venezuela.”
Machado has said she wants to become Venezuela’s new leader after Maduro’s ouster, but Trump has refused to support her, telling reporters earlier this month “she’s a very nice woman, but she doesn’t have the respect.”
