
President Donald Trump joked last month that he could run for president of Venezuela because, he claimed, his popularity there was higher than anyone else's. A new Venezuelan poll suggests that boast may already be aging badly.
"The people of Venezuela, they say, if I ran for president of Venezuela: I'm polling higher than anybody has ever polled in Venezuela," Trump said during an April 6 press conference. "I will quickly learn Spanish. It won't take too long. I'm good at languages and I will go to Venezuela. I'm going to run for president."