Trump praises Machado, assures her that 'everything will be alright' in response to her request to return to Venezuela

President Donald Trump stated on Monday in the White House gardens that "everything is going to be fine" when asked by journalist David Alandete regarding the possible return to Venezuela of opposition leader María Corina Machado.

The Republican president's remarks came after the recent publication of an opinion column by the Venezuelan leader in The New York Post, in which she described her return to the country as "urgent" in order to peacefully guide the transition and lead the reorganization of the citizenry.

When asked whether he explicitly supports the leader's intentions to return to her country, the head of state offered words of praise for the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and recalled the symbolic gesture she made toward him after receiving the international award.

"Well, I'll say one thing: she is an excellent woman. She gave me her Nobel Prize because she knew I had earned it, and she is an excellent woman, and everything is going to turn out fine," Trump replied to the media gathered at the White House.

A plan for legal and economic certainty for reconstruction

In his op-ed published in The New York Post, titled "Why I Must Return to Venezuela and the People Must Vote," Machado explained that the U.S. military action on Jan. 3, which led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro, opened a historic opportunity to dismantle drug trafficking networks, reverse the influence of hostile powers such as Cuba, Russia, China and Iran, and rebuild the Caribbean nation's democratic institutions.

The opposition leader argued that the essential strategic step to ensure post-Maduro stability is to set a clear date for holding free presidential elections within one year.

As she explained, attracting the large-scale private investment required to restore the oil infrastructure and the electrical grid depends on a predictable legal framework that only an elected government with popular legitimacy can provide.

"This reconstruction will not cost U.S. taxpayers a single dollar," Machado emphasized, noting that private capital can transparently finance national growth under a rule of law that respects private property and protects long-term commercial partnerships.

Obstacles to her return and the White House's strategy

In her article, the opposition leader reported that she has repeatedly attempted to return to Venezuela by air and sea from Panama, but she accused authorities still linked to the power structure in Caracas of preventing her from entering the country. According to reports from her political team, the leader has made at least seven unsuccessful attempts to reenter the country.

For its part, the Trump administration has laid out a three-phase road map for political transition in the South American nation.

Within that framework, Washington signed an oil agreement in August that grants the United States access to one-fifth of Venezuela's crude oil reserves, followed by a high-level meeting in New York between Trump and the regime's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez.

In response to those expressing reservations about the pace of political reforms, the White House insists that the plan seeks to ensure hemispheric security and energy stability while creating, in an orderly manner, the conditions for the full restoration of democracy.