The Daily Populous Monday January 12nd, 2026 evening edition
Authored by livemint.com and submitted by External_Mood4719

US President Donald Trump took to the social media platform TRUTH on Sunday (local time) to post a picture showing himself as the ‘Acting President of Venezuela.’

In what seemed to be an edited Wikipedia page, Donald Trump was positioned as the incumbent Venezuelan president as of January 2026.

The new Venezuelan govt The US toppled the government in Venezuela in early January by launching "large-scale" strikes and capturing the president of the country, Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores in a military operation.

While Trump maintained that the US will "run" the Venezuelan government until a "safe, proper and judicious transition" can be ensured, the country's Supreme Court appointed Delcy Rodriguez as the interim president of Venezuela.

Trump had then reportedly allowed Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, to assume control.

According to Reuters, Trump warned of further military operations against Venezuela if members of Maduro's inner circle who have stepped in to lead the country do not cooperate with his demands, which largely focus on obtaining Venezuelan oil.

Trump said the US would refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, as US forces continued seizing oil tankers linked to Venezuela on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US has a three-step plan for Venezuela that will begin with stabilising the country after Maduro's capture, ensuring US oil companies have access to the country during a recovery phase and finally overseeing a transition.

nelsonself on January 12nd, 2026 at 04:00 UTC »

This is high school level mentality and the “greatest country in the world” voted in high school level intellect narcissist as their president. This is literally fucking science fiction. What a joke, an utter fucking joke.

ReleventReference on January 12nd, 2026 at 03:38 UTC »

We really should have just built a replica White House on vacant Epstein Island walled off the island and let him play President there.

Trump4Prison-2024 on January 12nd, 2026 at 03:28 UTC »

Well then I think it's well past time that we arrest and remove the president of Venezuela.