STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday (January 8) that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was coming to Washington next week.

During an interview on Fox News' "Hannity" program, Trump was asked if he plans to meet with Machado following U.S. strikes on Venezuela that resulted in the capture of its president Nicolas Maduro.

"Well, I understand she's coming in next week sometime, and I look forward to saying hello to her," Trump responded.

The White House did not immediately respond when reached for additional details on the meeting.

This will be Trump's first meeting with Machado, who said earlier this week that she hadn't spoken to the U.S. leader since she won the Nobel Peace Prize in October.

Trump said he will meet with oil executives at the White House on Friday (January 9). Those oil companies, according to the president, will play a key role in rebuilding Venezuela's oil industry.

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VIDEO SHOWS: FOX NEWS TV PRESENTER SEAN HANNITY INTERVIEWING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP / SOUNDBITES FROM TRUMP

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SHOWS: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (AIRED JANUARY 8, 2026) (FOX NEWS CHANNEL'S HANNITY - Mandatory on-air and on-screen credit to "Fox News Channel's Hannity." No obstruction of Fox bug. No more than two minutes use allowed. No archive. No reuse. No resale)

1. GRAPHIC OF FOX NEWS' "HANNITY" PROGRAM PLAYING

2. VARIOUS OF U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SHAKING HANDS WITH FOX NEWS TV PRESENTER SEAN HANNITY DURING INTERVIEW

3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"We're meeting tomorrow with all of the big oil executives right here in the White House. We're going to meet with the biggest oil people in the world, they're all coming, the top 14 companies are coming here. They're going to go in. They're going to rebuild the whole oil infrastructure. They're going to spend at least $100 billion."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. TRUMP LISTENING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOX NEWS TV PRESENTER, SEAN HANNITY, SAYING (PLEASE NOTE SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY OVERLAYS SHOT 5):

"Let me ask you about Maria Corina Machado. She said to me this week both on TV and radio that she wants to give the Nobel Prize, her Nobel Peace Prize, to you for liberating her country. Do you have any plans to meet with her and would you accept the Nobel Prize she wants to hand to you?"

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Well, 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. That would be a great honor."

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"We have to rebuild the country. They couldn't have an election. They wouldn't even know how to have an election. Right now, the country has become third world and they wouldn’t know how to have an election right now. We're going to rebuild the oil, and the oil infrastructure we'll be in charge of it. It's going to be great. We make a lot of money and we're going to take it from there."

10. WHITE FLASH

11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"We've taken $4 billion worth of oil in one day, and that'll increase. We'll gonna have it rebuilt. All the big oil companies are coming in. They're going to make a lot of money and Venezuela is going to get some of that money and we're going to get some of that money and we brought stability to the region."

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FOX NEWS TV PRESENTER, SEAN HANNITY, ASKING:

"What is your ultimate goal for the governance of Venezuela?"

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING:

"Prisoners that nobody thought they would ever see again are being released. And in many cases, good people is what I understand. But prisoners, no one ever believed they would ever be released. So we're going to be working with them and the leadership of the country."

14. INTERVIEW IN PROGRESS