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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe is calling himself "president" of Venezuela
He is posting a meme of his wiki page, a fake wiki page as the real one still appears normal, in which it lists him as the president of Venezuela as of 2026. The guy is seriously fucking deranged.
Trump describes himself as acting president of Venezuela. I have no issue with this so long as he quits the one here.
— Rob Reiner Fan (@rob-reiner-fan.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T14:49:41.054Z
rampartd
(3,881 posts)trump is president of the usa, an office of trust, and may not acceot any office (president) from a foreign state such as Venezuela
1. as president of venezuela he is subject to their laws and constitution. and
2. his purported immunity for crimes as us president could not apply to his official duties in venezuela..
Lovie777
(21,814 posts)sending ICE there to deport all the brown people. Crazy huh.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(1,866 posts)"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both the United States and Venezuela ."Jeshoshaphat of Arimathea (aka Matthew)
Wounded Bear
(63,866 posts)Iggo
(49,669 posts)Dave Bowman
(6,699 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(175,209 posts)Initech
(107,509 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(175,209 posts)This was a law enforcement operation was a nice talking point for the White House, but it had a shelf life of one day.
With âacting president of Venezuelaâ boast, Trump isnât helping his own cause - MS NOW
— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T19:46:39.938Z
apple.news/AmH5_h7uDTnq...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/with-acting-president-of-venezuela-boast-trump-isnt-helping-his-own-cause
Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, used an identical line, telling representatives of the Security Council, This was a law enforcement operation.
That is, because Maduro was facing federal criminal charges in the United States, the administration was within its rights simply to enforce the indictment, take the Venezuelan leader into custody and bring him to court like any other criminal defendant.
The military, according to the argument, was simply there to protect the officers conducting the arrest.....
All of this helped set the stage for Sunday, when Trump used his social media platform to promote an image that described him as the acting president of Venezuela, which came on the heels of the Republican saying that his administration is in charge of the South American country.
Trump posts that heâs âActing President of Venezuelaâ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-12T01:25:18.958Z
This was a law enforcement operation was a nice little talking point for the White House, but as it turns out, it had a shelf life of a single day.
If this was NOT a law enforcement operation, then trump needed to notify congress
bif
(26,684 posts)I'm trying for a swift yet horribly painful death for the demented fuck.