Trump Throws Venezuela Main Opposition Leader Under the Bus

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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🗓️ 4 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump throwing the main Venezuela opposition Maria Corina Machado under the bus, as he instead tries to cut deals with people from Maduro’s team and all of this is taking place after Machado supported him in public. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Donald Trump threw the main Venezuelan opposition leader under the bus.
0:06.4	Viciously, he humiliated her.
0:09.2	Maria Corino Machado, the main Venezuelan opposition leader, who many expected would take over after Maduro was captured.
0:19.2	Donald Trump, during that press conference yesterday said no way.
0:22.6	He said the people of Venezuela do not respect her. He said she's a nice lady, but she's not capable of leading Venezuela.
0:32.6	Notably, whatever your thoughts are about Machado. Like let's just deal with some of the facts.
0:38.6	While Maduro declared her ineligible to run in the July 2024 election, the person who
0:46.4	she backed for that election, Edmundo Gonzalez, was widely believed to have actually beat Maduro
0:53.6	by a significant margin and actually won that
0:56.4	election by about 70% of the vote. So when Donald Trump says that she doesn't have any support
1:02.7	in Venezuela and she can't lead Venezuela, she's a nice lady, but she doesn't know what she's doing.
1:08.4	I mean, Donald Trump has no clue what he's talking about, but he's
1:11.1	really throwing her under the bus. I want to get into why in a moment, but it should be noted that
1:17.3	she did everything to get under Donald Trump's good graces. I mean, she kissed the ring, she bent
1:23.4	the knee, she did the Mar-a-Lago humiliation ritual. When she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,
1:30.2	she goes, I dedicate this Nobel Peace Prize to the brave and courageous Donald Trump. And this is for
1:37.5	you, Donald, and for all you promised to do for the people of Venezuela. I remember she did that.
1:43.4	She went on this humiliation ritual tour.
1:45.8	She went on state regime media Fox. She went on Don Jr.'s podcast. And, you know, she believed that
1:52.1	she was positioned to be the leader of Venezuela when Maduro would be taken out. But Trump said,
1:57.8	uh-uh, no way, no how. Let's explain why and let me walk you through
2:02.7	the humiliation withdrawal. Donald Trump doesn't want a democracy in Venezuela. He doesn't
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