Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is heading to the White House for a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump. Machado's political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by then-President Nicolás Maduro before the U.S. captured him in a military raid this month. Trump on Thursday will host the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Machado, and Machado will later have a meeting in the Senate. Trump has already dismissed Machado's credibility to run Venezuela and raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in the country. The meeting comes as Trump and his top advisers have signaled their willingness to work with Venezuela's acting president.
