President Donald Trump posted an image on social media portraying himself as the "Acting President of Venezuela," extending a series of statements and actions that have framed Washington as exercising direct authority over the country following the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a doctored image resembling a Wikipedia entry listing him as Venezuela's acting president as of January 2026. The post appeared to be satirical, but came amid repeated claims by Trump that the United States is now effectively "running" Venezuela after Maduro was captured in a U.S. special operations raid and transferred to New York to face drug trafficking charges.
