Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025, is set to have a meeting with President Donald Trump this Thursday, according to a senior official from the White House who spoke to CNN.

Machado’s visit to the White House takes place amid President Trump’s decision not to endorse her following U.S. military operations in Caracas, which led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro. In the wake of these events, Delcy Rodríguez, the vice president, has assumed the role of acting president of Venezuela.

In remarks following the operations on January 3, Trump expressed skepticism about Machado’s capacity to govern Venezuela, citing a lack of popular support and respect for her leadership.

Despite this, Machado possesses something Trump has long admired—a Nobel Prize. She has hinted at the possibility of offering her award to the U.S. president, who noted it would be an “honor” to receive it. However, the Norwegian Nobel Institute has clarified that the prize is non-transferable.

When questioned on Friday about whether receiving Machado’s Nobel Prize would alter his perspective on her potential leadership in Venezuela, Trump did not provide a direct response.

“I’m going to have to speak to her. She might be involved in some aspect of it. I will have to speak to her. I think it’s very nice that she wants to come in. And that’s what I understand the reason is,” the president told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during a meeting with oil executives at the White House.

“I can’t think of anybody in history that should get the Nobel Prize more than me. And I don’t want to be bragging, but nobody else settled wars,” Trump said.

Trump on Sunday also expressed willingness to meet with Rodriguez “at some point.”

“We’re working along really well with the leadership, and we’ll see how it all works out,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

Trump last week announced on Truth Social that he was cancelling a second wave of attacks on Venezuela in light of the country’s cooperation with the US and its release of political prisoners.

Later Friday, during a meeting with oil executives, he called Venezuela an ally “right now,” while reiterating that he didn’t think a second attack was necessary.

Trump, who has said the US would “run” Venezuela, has suggested that arrangement could last for years, telling The New York Times in an interview last week, “Only time will tell.”

But his pitch to oil companies on an expansive new drilling campaign – a key part of his vision for rebuilding the country and extracting its resources – has faced a skeptical response.

Trump and his top aides emerged from Friday’s lengthy White House meeting without any major commitments from companies to invest billions of dollars amid concerns about Venezuela’s long-term stability, with ExxonMobil CEO’s calling it “uninvestible.”

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