Carrie Con

win back Trump's support, heaping praise on him in media interviews and pledging to share her Nobel Peace Prize.

But Trump has signaled for now his support is solidly behind Venezuela's interim leader, Delce Rodriguez, with whom Trump says he recently had a good conversation.

Machado's political party is widely seen as the legitimate winners of the 2024 presidential election that then-leader Nicolás Maduro claimed to have won.

Machado led huge protests, and according to multiple recent

polls remains widely popular inside Venezuela.

However, following the U.S.

military action, Trump surprisingly dismissed Machado and has diminished calls for new elections and democratic reforms.

Carrie Conn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.