What the unnamed staffer said is neither Trump saying he'd agree to meet with her now, nor to accept the prize from her now. The assertion is "past tense".

And unless Trump was the number 2 vote getter (which is entirely unknown) it was not even in her power to "give it to him", at least not officially. I suppose she could hand him the plaque or trophy or whatever they get, but it would not be officially recognized by the Committee, it would still have her name on it, etc. He doesn't care about that, he wants his name in the history books, not a meaningless trinket.

And on top of that Trump doesn't have the power to declare her to be the President of Venezuela.

The whole idea is preposterous to the point that I consider it just another gaslighting, especially towards Machado herself

ETA: Oh, I see you included a link in a reply. You should edit the OP (as I just did with mine) to include the link. Also, you shouldn't put links in the subject line because they're not clickable there, instead put them in the body of the post

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
and
Maham Javaid

President Donald Trump said he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize if this year’s prize winner, María Corina Machado, offered it to him when she meets with him next week, but Nobel officials quickly announced Friday that the prize may not be shared or transferred.
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“Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday. “The decision is final and stands for all time.”

“I understand she’s coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her,” Trump said of the Venezuelan opposition leader during an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity that aired Thursday. Trump added that he heard Machado wants to give him the prize, and that it would be “a great honor.”

On Friday, the United States and Venezuela took halting first steps toward a resumption of diplomacy. A delegation of Venezuelan diplomats is expected to arrive in Washington in the coming days, according to a statement by the Venezuelan government. And on Friday, diplomatic and security staff from the U.S. Venezuela Affairs Unit — including John McNamara, the interim chargé d’affaires — traveled to Caracas, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel movements in a fluid security environment.

The Venezuelan delegation and U.S. diplomats will discuss how the diplomatic missions in both countries can be reestablished after “the aggression and the kidnapping of the President of the Republic and the First Lady,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement, referring to the capture by the U.S. of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores.

It is unclear whether the newly sworn in interim President Delcy Rodríguez would be part of the Venezuelan delegation arriving in D.C.

The White House Friday morning did not provide details about Machado’s trip or specify what issues she and Trump would discuss.

In an interview with Hannity this week in which she heaped praise on Trump, Machado said she had not spoken to the U.S. president since October, when she was announced as the latest Nobel laureate.

That doesn't make him a winner. It just shows him to be an even bigger loser. Machado doesn't decide who gets the prize, the Nobel committee does. Can the Nobel committee rescind a prize? I would think they are completely regretting their choice right about now. At least I hope they are.

This award is not transferable

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