The Nobel Institute has rejected an offer by right-wing Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado to share her Nobel Peace Prize with President Trump. “Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared or transferred to others,” the institute said. In response, the White House said in a statement that Trump “deserves the Nobel Peace Prize many times over.” Trump said in an interview with Fox News last week that it “would be a great honor” to receive the prize from Machado, who said in a separate Fox interview that presenting the prize to Trump would be an act of gratitude from the Venezuelan people for the ouster of Nicolás Maduro. The Washington Post reported that President Trump was not willing to support Machado because she accepted the Peace Prize. The source said, “If she had turned it down and said, 'I can't accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today.” Machado is scheduled to meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., this week.