President Donald Trump met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Jan. 15, and she gave him the Nobel Peace Prize she won just months ago.
Machado was awarded the peace prize for fighting for democracy in "the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela," the Nobel Prize outreach website states. The Trump administration at the time said the Committee "(placed) politics over peace," by not awarding it to Trump, who has repeatedly lamented he may never get it.
But now he has the medal, encased in a large gold-framed case with a certificate that reads, "presented as a personal symbol of gratitude on behalf of the Venezuelan people in recognition of President Trump's principled and decisive action to secure a free Venezuela."
Why did she hand over her prize? Here is what we know:
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