Venezuelan oil is plunder. It is what pirates do.
Docking sanctioned oil tankers is far different than stealing the oil. None of the USA sanctions allow theft.
Maria Corina Machado has actually presented her Nobel prize to Trump? The money, too? That is bribery for the services of the USA military.
Maduro is in prison because of his supposed crimes. No different than drug cartel bosses arrested under Biden and Obama. That has nothing to do with a near border war between the two countries. Such an act requires Congress, not Trump.
Machado received the Nobel for her dedicated work to the people of Venezuela that has been her life. That has absolutely nothing to do with Trump. Trump needs to return the Nobel and the money to Machado.
If Trump is successful in resolving the continued civil war in Venezuela with a lasting peace with Machado as president, then he had earned his own nomination to the Nobel committee. But, for Machado to offer her prize to Trump is hideously obvious of the bribe. The USA does not have a mercenary force.
Perhaps Ms. Machado is seeking asylum.
There is a good chance Machado can be arrested if her gift to Trump is a quid pro quo. Trump needs to give it back to her.
