Overview
- Trump praised María Corina Machado after their meeting and said he is keeping the Nobel Peace Prize medal she presented to him.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee reiterated that laureate status and the prize cannot be transferred, even if the medal changes hands.
- The White House maintained that Machado lacks the support to lead Venezuela in the short term and did not set a timetable for elections.
- U.S. engagement with interim leader Delcy Rodríguez continued, including a meeting in Caracas between CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Rodríguez.
- U.S. pressure on Venezuela’s oil sector intensified with a sixth tanker seizure and a reported first U.S.-brokered sale worth about $500 million.