Trump is promoting himself on social media as the “acting president of Venezuela.”

jokingly endorsing his secretary of state as president of Cuba, 

President Donald Trump signaled on January 11 that

he might be interested in a similar role in another

Western Hemisphere country.Less than 10 days after U.S.

forces detained Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

and his wife, Cilia Flores, on January 3, Trump shared a fake 

Wikipedia page in a Truth Social post calling himself the

“acting president of Venezuela.”Delcy Rodriguez,

the country’s vice president under Maduro,

who was sworn in as Venezuela’s new interim president

last week, has said she wants to cooperate with the U.S. administration.“We invite the U.S. government to

collaborate on an agenda of cooperation for joint

development within the framework of international law,

to strengthen long-term community coexistence,”

he said in an Instagram post on January 4.Maduro

and his wife were arraigned in a Manhattan federal

court on charges including drug trafficking and

pleaded not guilty. They remain in U.S. custody in Brooklyn.Meanwhile, Venezuelan opposition leader

Maria Karina Machado is coming to the United States

“sometime next week,” Trump said in an interview

on Fox News’ “Hannity” on January 8.Secretary of

State Marco Rubio, who has held multiple titles since

the beginning of the year, including acting national

security adviser, acting USAID administrator and acting

archivist of the United States, may be preparing to take

on another title.Trump threatened Cuba in a Truth Social

on January 11, saying he would "make a deal before it's too late"

to cut off the flow of Venezuelan oil to the country.

"Cuba has lived off the vast amounts of oil and money that

comes from Venezuela for many years. In return,

Cuba provided 'security services' for the last two

Venezuelan dictators, but not anymore!" Trump wrote in a

Truth Social on January 11.

"Most Cubans have died in last week's US attack,

and Venezuela no longer needs protection from the

thugs and extortionists who have held them hostage for

so many years."A social media user shared Trump's message

to Cuba on January 8, predicting that Rubio could be

Cuba's next president.