Overview
- Trump shared an image resembling an edited Wikipedia entry that lists him as Acting President of Venezuela effective January 2026 and notes him as the 45th and 47th U.S. president.
- The White House says the new executive order blocks creditors and courts from attaching Venezuelan oil revenues held in U.S. Treasury accounts designated as foreign government deposits.
- U.S. forces conducted strikes in Venezuela earlier this month and captured Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, who were flown to New York and indicted on narco‑terrorism and cocaine importation conspiracy charges, with Maduro pleading not guilty.
- Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president, as Trump says the United States will run the country until a safe transition can be arranged.
- Trump says interim authorities will transfer 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude to the United States, with proceeds controlled by him and Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed to carry out the plan.