Donald Trump apparently decided being president of just one country wasn’t enough for his ego, so he crowned himself Venezuela’s “Acting President” in a Truth Social post that would make even the most creative fiction writers blush.
The social media-obsessed commander-in-chief shared a doctored Wikipedia screenshot showing his profile updated to include “Acting President of Venezuela” as of January 2026. Of course, Trump’s actual Wikipedia page shows no such designation, and reality continues to exist despite his best efforts to rewrite it through memes and fake screenshots. The bizarre self-appointment comes as Donald Trump has been escalating his territorial ambitions faster than a kid claiming playground equipment, with increasingly unhinged rhetoric about seizing Greenland and threatening Cuba with economic strangulation.
Trump told reporters last week that “we need Greenland” because it’s “so strategic right now” and claimed the Arctic territory is “covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” apparently forgetting that Denmark might have something to say about his real estate fantasies.
MAGA supporters have been celebrating Trump’s increasingly aggressive foreign policy moves, with many praising his “America First” approach even as he threatens to invade or economically crush multiple sovereign nations simultaneously. The Venezuela situation began when Trump ordered military strikes that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, leading to Vice President RodrĂguez taking over as interim leader while the U.S. demands control over the country’s massive oil reserves.