The cozying up to a convicted felon, rapist, fraudster, pedophile, war monger part?

Like every world leader flattering & gifting the douche (a problem that might resolve itself in a few years) to evade extra hardships from the US? Have you been asleep? That's classic diplomacy in this sort of situation. Except for the warmongering part, the US's problems aren't everyone else's: the US can fuck themselves for all they care.

No sense in faulting someone working with what they got. They're in no position to challenge the US.

Machado does not want democracy

They already had an election robbed by falsified results.