President Donald Trump said Thursday that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will visit the United States sometime next week, and confirmed that he expects to meet with her. 

The comment comes after Machado said earlier this week that she would “love” to “personally” give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize that she was awarded last October for her fight against what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called a dictatorship. She dedicated the award to Trump at the time. 

Fox News' Sean Hannity asked the president whether he would accept the Nobel Prize if she did give it to him, which Trump said would be a "great honor" to receive. 

"I understand she's coming in next week sometime and I look forward to saying hello to her and I've heard that she wants to do that," Trump responded. "That would be a great honor." 

The comment also comes after Trump dismissed Machado as Venezuela's next leader over the weekend, now that the U.S. has arrested former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on drug-trafficking and weapon charges. 

"I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader," Trump told the New York Post. "She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."

No date for a new election in Venezuela to replace Maduro has been set so far, but the country's government is currently being operated by interim acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to Reuters.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.