Overview
- María Corina Machado held a closed-door, roughly two-hour meeting with President Trump at the White House, entering via the West Door with no press access or official photos.
- Machado said she handed her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump during the meeting, framing the gesture with a Lafayette–Bolívar historical analogy.
- White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Trump has not changed his view that Machado lacks the support and respect needed to lead Venezuela.
- Leavitt praised Rodríguez for meeting U.S. requests, and Trump said he had a lengthy call with her and wants to receive her soon.
- Under a January energy agreement described by the White House as a "historic energy agreement," the U.S. completed an initial sale of about $500 million with proceeds placed in U.S.-controlled accounts, and U.S. Southern Command announced the seizure of the sanctioned tanker Veronica.