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angrychair

(11,728 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:22 AM Yesterday

He 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
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He is calling himself "president" of Venezuela (Original Post) angrychair Yesterday OP
article 1 clause 9 secion 8 rampartd Yesterday #1
It would not surprise me...... Lovie777 Yesterday #2
Got a reworked Biblical quote for you tRUMP (notice the cross!): RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #3
Like Old World kings claiming numerous titles... Wounded Bear Yesterday #4
Good. He should move there and make them great instead. Iggo Yesterday #5
Is he dead yet? Crazy mofo. Dave Bowman Yesterday #6
trump is a sick person LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #7
Fire his worthless ass already. Initech Yesterday #8
MaddowBlog-With 'acting president of Venezuela' boast, Trump isn't helping his own cause LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #9
Can he just die already? bif 22 hrs ago #10

rampartd

(3,881 posts)
1. article 1 clause 9 secion 8
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:32 AM
Yesterday
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

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

(21,825 posts)
2. It would not surprise me......
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

sending ICE there to deport all the brown people. Crazy huh.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,871 posts)
3. Got a reworked Biblical quote for you tRUMP (notice the cross!):
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:46 AM
Yesterday

"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)

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,222 posts)
9. MaddowBlog-With 'acting president of Venezuela' boast, Trump isn't helping his own cause
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 04:27 PM
22 hrs ago

“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 ‘acting president of Venezuela’ boast, Trump isn’t helping his own cause - MS NOW

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(@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-01-12T19:46:39.938Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/with-acting-president-of-venezuela-boast-trump-isnt-helping-his-own-cause

Immediately after Americans learned that Donald Trump had deployed U.S. forces to bomb Venezuela and capture Nicolás Maduro, Secretary of State Marco Rubio relied heavily on a specific phrase in response to a variety of questions, calling the incursion “a law enforcement operation.” He added, as part of a description of the administration’s foreign policy, “We didn’t occupy a country.”

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 he’s “Acting President of Venezuela”

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

(26,685 posts)
10. Can he just die already?
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 04:34 PM
22 hrs ago

I'm trying for a swift yet horribly painful death for the demented fuck.

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