Soon after Donald Trump kidnapped Nicolas Maduro and informed the world that he was now going to decide Venezuela’s fate, I said this made him the de facto President of Venezuela. Sure, he might not officially be the country’s leader on paper, but if Trump alone holds the levers of power…
Now it seems that Trump himself agrees with my assessment of the situation. Taking to social media, Trump added another feather to his cap by naming himself the “Acting President of Venezuela” and the official successor to Maduro:
