Trump has announced that he will be meeting with Venezuelan Machado in the next few days

Donald Trump, the U.S. president, announced on Thursday that Venezuelan leader Maria Corina Machado would be visiting Washington next week.

In an interview with Fox News' "Hannity", Trump was asked whether he planned to?meet? Machado after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela, which resulted in Maduro being captured.

Trump replied, "I understand that she will be coming next week and I am looking forward to meeting her."

When contacted for more information about the meeting, The White House didn't immediately respond.

Machado said earlier this week she had not spoken to Trump since October, when she received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The future of South America's governance is still in question. Trump dismissed the idea of working together with Machado over the weekend, saying that "she does not have the respect or the support in the country."

Trump said to Fox News that the South American nation, currently headed by an interim acting president, will need time.

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To get to an area where elections can be held.

"We must rebuild the country." "They couldn't hold an election," he said. "They wouldn't know how to have an election right now," he said.

Venezuela is an OPEC country and one of the largest oil producers. The Trump administration has made its oil industry a focal point, with a senior government official stating that

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The initial shipment will be between 30 and 50 million barrels. This will continue indefinitely.

Trump announced that he would meet with oil executives on Friday at the White House. According to Trump, these oil companies will play a crucial role in rebuilding Venezuela’s oil industry.

They're going to rebuild the entire oil infrastructure. He said they would spend $100 billion on the oil. "They have an incredible amount and quality of oil, as well as an unbelievable quantity of oil."

(source: Reuters)