India, Jan. 16 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Maria Corina Machado after the Venezuelan opposition leader "presented" the Republican leader with her Nobel Peace Prize during the duo's meeting at the White House.

This comes after Trump had questioned Machado's credibility to take over her country after the US "captured" President Nicolas Maduro in a dead in the night operation a couple of weeks ago.

"I presented the president of the United States the medal, the Nobel Peace Prize," Machado told reporters after leaving the White House and heading to Capitol Hill. She said she had done so "as a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom."

Trump confirmed later on social media that Machado had left the medal fo...