As US President Donald Trump is mounting up his bid to make Venezuela more investable while eyeing its massive oil reserves, he recently took to his social media platform to spread some fake news online.
Having long attacked American media for being left-biased, the 79-year-old MAGA leader has often branded several news outlets and broadcasters as “fake media” banners. However, on Sunday (US time), Trump fell down a similar rabbit hole he’s long claimed to hate, by sharing a certain fabricated picture on Truth Social.
Trump: ‘Acting President of Venezuela’?ve
The US president posted a new picture, which was made to look as if it had been pulled from his Wikipedia page. The supposed screenshot of his profile pictured his official portrait, as it went on to identify him not only as the 45th and 47th POTUS but also the ‘Acting President of Venezuela.’
Trump didn’t caption the post or write anything else while sharing the photo in question.
As was inevitable, his new Truth Social post made huge waves on social media, with many re-sharing it on X.
Who is the real acting President of Venezuela?
Ever since US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (or just Delcy Rodriguez) was officially sworn in as the acting president of the country earlier this month.
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The Republican politician’s Truth Social post surfaced online hot on the heels of the US State Department issuing a security alert for Americans in Venezuela. Posted online by the US Department of State Consular Affairs, the federal government urged US citizens in Venezuela to leave “immediately” amid reports of armed militia targeting Americans in the streets of the South American country.
Consequently, a “Do Not Travel” Level 4 advisory, which is the highest on risk level, was flashed against the country’s name, with officials warning about “severe risks to Americans, including wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure.”
Trump’s ‘Acting President of Venezuela’ jibe also comes after the White House released an official audio titled “President Trump Gaggles with Press on Air Force One, Jan 11, 2026.”
During the said interaction, the American leader said of Delcy Rodriguez: “She asked us if we could take 50 million barrels of oil, and I said yes, we can, it is worth $4.2 billion and it is on its way right now to the United States.”
As he pointed out that his administration was working with the interim government in Venezuela, a media representative on board the Air Force One asked him if he was planning to meet the country’s acting president. “At some point I’ll be,” Trump replied.
Just days ago, Trump hosted top oil and gas executives at the White House over the Venezuela issue, asking for at least $100 billion in oil industry spending. “One of the things the United States gets out of this will be even lower energy prices,” he said during the meeting on Friday.
However, oil bosses didn’t seem so eager to jump on the opportunity, calling Venezuela “uninvestable” at the moment. “We have had our assets seized there twice and so you can imagine to re-enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes from what we’ve historically seen and what is currently the state,” noted Exxon’s chief executive Darren Woods.