Overview
- Trump’s Truth Social post displayed his official portrait labeled “Acting President of Venezuela, Incumbent January 2026,” resembling an edited Wikipedia entry.
- The post came a day after he signed a national emergency order blocking creditors from attaching Venezuelan oil revenues held in U.S. Treasury accounts.
- Trump has said the United States will run Venezuela during a transition and that 30–50 million barrels of Venezuelan crude would be transferred to the U.S., with proceeds controlled by him.
- Following Maduro’s removal, Venezuela’s vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, was sworn in as interim president through domestic succession in Caracas.
- Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were captured and flown to New York, where they were indicted on narco‑terrorism charges; Maduro pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court.